LOCAL NEWS: A look at Clatsop County unemployment

August 28, 2020 00:01:14
LOCAL NEWS: A look at Clatsop County unemployment
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LOCAL NEWS: A look at Clatsop County unemployment

Aug 28 2020 | 00:01:14

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Show Notes

Clatsop County’s economy continued to recover last month, according to a new report from the state employment department.  However the unemployment rate is still far above what it was before the pandemic.  KMUN’s Jacob Lewin reports: The latest jobless numbers show Clatsop County added more than 500 private sector jobs in July, building on advances in May and Junes, but at a slower rate.  The unemployment rate is 12-point-nine percent, down from a peak of 24% in April, but state regional labor economist Eric Knoder says that’s still an historically high number: “We’re simply getting close to the worst of...

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