June jobless rates show improvement in mid-Hudson

... single blows to the region was June's announcement of the loss of nearly 700 jobs at IBM facilities in Dutchess County. Statewide unemployment was 7.6 percent last month, down from 8.6 percent in June 2012. The state figures ranged from 5.7 percent ...

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