Wisconsin Unemployment Dips Slightly in October
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Wisconsin Unemployment Dips Slightly in October
Wisconsin's unemployment rate dipped slightly in October to 7.6 percent, its lowest point so far this year.
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Posted Thursday, November 19, 2009 --- 2:45 p.m.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin's unemployment rate dipped slightly in October to 7.6 percent, its lowest point so far this year.

The state Department of Workforce Development reported Thursday that the rate was down just one-tenth of a percentage point from the previous month. However, compared to the same month a year ago the rate was 3.2 percentage points higher.

Unemployment in the state has been declining since June.

Over the last 12 months, Wisconsin has lost nearly 130,000 jobs.

The national unemployment rate last month was 9.5 percent.

Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.

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