Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Brookings: Portland Metro had Highest Rate of Unemployment Increase in Last Year Among Top 100 Metro Areas.

New Brookings Metro Policy Program report, Tracking Economic Recession and Recovery in America’s 100 Largest Metropolitan Areas, is HERE.

Page 6 says, "Notably, Portland, OR outpaced all metro areas in the past year with a 6.6-point increase in its unemployment rate."

Page 20 includes a table showing unemployment changes and rankings for all top 100 metro areas over differing time periods.

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