City’s jobless rate hits 13-year high
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Record Unemployment Rate
Officials in Fall River are trying to turn around the city's dismal jobless rate.FALL RIVER, Mass.—Fall River’s jobless rate for December hit a 13-year high.
At 12.7 percent, the city has the second-worst jobless rate in Massachusetts, behind Lawrence. More than 5,600 people in Fall River are out of work.
New Bedford had the third-worst unemployment rate in the state, at 11.8 percent.
NBC 10’s Mario Hilario reports on what people are doing to turn the numbers around.
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This rate only shows the number of unemployed who are in the system—or ‘collecting’. You’ve got to realize that the actual number of unemployed is higher—possibly DOUBLE the numbers shown.
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