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September 18, 2014

State jobless rate now 5.6 percent

OLYMPIA (AP) — Washington state's unemployment rate remained steady at 5.6 percent last month, but the state saw an overall loss of 1,500 jobs from the previous month, state officials said Wednesday.

The newest numbers released by the state's Employment Security Department show that August's jobless rate did not change from July's numbers. However, unlike previous months where the state had continued to add jobs month to month, numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that seasonally adjusted, nonfarm employment dropped by 1,500 from July to August.


 
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