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    Jobless rate jumps to 6.1%

    By Noreen Bowden | September 3, 2008

    The unemployment rate rose to 6.1% in August. The adjusted live register count is now at 235,100, the highest since March 1998; this represents a 45% rise in the number of jobless since August 2007 – the steepest jump since record-keeping began in 1967. The rate of 6.1% is the largest since December 1998.

    Construction is the hardest-hit sector, while manufacturing and services are also contracting.

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