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Oregon’s unemployment rate hit 5% in July, the highest since 2021

Oregon’s unemployment rate hit 5% in July, its highest level in nearly four years. The jobless rate hasn’t topped that threshold since 2021, when the state was still recovering from the mass layoffs ...
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Oregon sees highest unemployment rate since 2021

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Oregon’s unemployment rate is up 0.3% since January of 2024, reaching the highest levels since September of 2021, according to the Oregon Employment Department. In January, the ...
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Oregon’s unemployment rate is highest since 2021, even though state keeps adding jobs

Oregon’s unemployment rate climbed to 4.4% in January, its highest level in more than three years, even though the state continued to add jobs overall. The state had nearly 118,000 unemployed workers ...