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Why This is the Only State Where Unemployment is Up

A few years ago, as the U.S. unemployment rates flirted with the double digits, North Dakota bucked the trend. Its oil and gas boom kept jobless rates as low as 2.7%. But now North Dakota is standing out for the opposite reason: it’s the only state where unemployment is rising. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’s latest unemployment report Wednesday found that North Dakota was the only state with a significant year-over-the-year increase in joblessness.

 

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