Jobless rate up to 7.6% in state
Level is highest since fall 1988
Posted: November 21, 2009 at 4:04 a.m.
Arkansas’ unemployment rate rose half a percentage point to 7.6 percent in October, the highest joblessness rate in more than 21 years, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday.
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