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Unemployment rate inches down to 3-year low

By Alan Yonan Jr.

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, May 18, 2012

~~<p>Hawaii&rsquo;s unemployment rate fell to 6.3 percent in April from 6.4 percent in March, reaching its lowest level in more than three years, the state reported Thursday.</p>
<p>The state&rsquo;s seasonally adjusted jobless rate has been improving slowly after peaking at 7.1 percent in the summer of 2009 amid one of the worst economic downturns since statehood.</p>
~~

Hawaii’s unemployment rate fell to 6.3 percent in April from 6.4 percent in March, reaching its lowest level in more than three years, the state reported Thursday.

The state’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate has been improving slowly after peaking at 7.1 percent in the summer of 2009 amid one of the worst economic downturns since statehood. Login for more...



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