Cedar Rapids unemployment rate jumps to 7.3% (The Gazette)

10 March 2010, 6:24 pm

Unemployment in the Cedar Rapids metro area leapt in January, as job cuts in retail, trade and transportation hit workers. The January unemployment figure rose to 7.3 percent in the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Statistical Area, from 6.5 percent in December. Iowa City Metropolitan Statistical Area unemployment increased to 5.1 percent from 4.6 percent in December. Unemployment barely rose [...]... Read More »

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