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Oct 16, 2008 11:04 am US/Central

Minn. Sees More Job Losses, Lower Unemployment

ST. PAUL (AP) ― Another 2,300 jobs were cut in Minnesota last month, but the state's unemployment rate is also down.
  
The Department of Employment and Economic Development says the number of Minnesotans employed in September was 18,800 below the same time a year ago. The drop has occurred at a faster rate than the nation as a whole.
  
Even so, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 5.9 percent in September. That rate was 6.2 percent for August. The unemployment rate is based on the number of people actively looking for work without success.
  
The biggest job losses for last month came in government, construction, financial activities and leisure and hospitality.
  
Jobs were added in education and health services.

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