Oregon Unemployment Rate Drops Below 9 Percent

18 January 2012, 1:10 pm

SALEM, Ore. -- Oregon's unemployment rate has dropped below 9 percent for the first time in three years. The current seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 8.9 percent in December 2011. The nation's unemployment rate also continued to drop; it went from 8.7 percent in November to 8.5 percent in December. The Oregon Employment Department says 175,830 Oregonians were unemployed in December 2011 ...... Read More »

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