Oregon Unemployment Numbers for April

From the Portland Tribune

"Oregon’s unemployment rate in April hit 12 percent, only a slight increase from March’s adjusted numbers, a possible good omen for the state’s faltering economy."

The rest of the article goes on to discuss that the rate of joblessness may still go up over the summer, but that the overall pace is on the decline. In other words, we seem to be slowing month-to-month toward zero.

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