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Insured Jobless Rates Still High In Nevada
11-06-2009 07:23 AM PST
| By ###Alanna Curtis-Van/Georgia Snover/Doug Wood/dlt CA)
(Washington, DC) -- For the week ending October 17th, Nevada and Oregon had the highest insured jobless rates at five-point-four percent. The number of American workers filing initial jobless benefits claims last week dropped by 20-thousand from the previous week to 512-thousand, the lowest figure since January. The Labor Department says total unemployment claims for the week ending October 24th, including continuing claims, fell by 68-thousand to more than five-point-seven million filings. The biggest increase in initial jobless claims during the week ending October 24th was in California, affecting workers in sectors like construction, services, manufacturing and agriculture.
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