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St. Cloud Metro Unemployment Rate Drops in April

Jim Maurice — Tue, 21 May 2013 14:30:26 +0000

The unemployment rate for the St. Cloud metro dropped last month. The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development says our unemployment rate is now at 5.8 percent.

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St. Cloud Metro Area Unemployment Rate Jumps in December [AUDIO]

Jim Maurice — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:23:00 +0000

The unemployment rate in the St. Cloud metro area jumped last month. The Department of Employment and Economic Development says the local unemployment rate for December was 5.7%.

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St. Cloud Metro Area Unemployment Drops in September

Jim Maurice — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:57:15 +0000

The unemployment rate in the St. Cloud metro area dropped last month. This is the lowest rate we've had for the month of September since before the recession, when it was 4.3% in September 2007.

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Local Unemployment Rate Goes Up in December

Jim Maurice — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:33:50 +0000

The number of unemployed workers went up in the St. Cloud metro area last month. The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development says our unemployment rate jumped up to 5.8% from the 5.1% we had in November and December.

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Local Unemployment Rate Increases .3%

Jim Maurice — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:42:13 +0000

After three months of declining unemployment figures, the unemployment rate in the St. Cloud metro area went up again in November. The Department of Employment and Economic Development says it's now at 6.3% -- up from 6% in October.

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