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Blue Collar Jobs Down in Rust Belt as the Country on the Whole Continues to See Job Growth

Center for Economic and Policy Research
Source: cepr.net

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–August 22, 2017

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By: Alan Barber

New York continues to see the largest losses in manufacturing jobs in the Rust Belt.

The latest state jobs report shows that overall employment grew strongly in 11 states and Washington, DC, while only Georgia lost a substantial number of jobs (-14,100 or -0.3 percent) in July.

Unemployment rates were stable in much of the United States. The largest increases in unemployment were just a 0.2…

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