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State jobless rate at 17-year high

Economists still see some recovery signs

By Robert Gavin
Globe Staff / July 17, 2009

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Massachusetts employers cut more than 2,000 jobs last month as the state unemployment rate jumped to its highest level in nearly 17 years, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported yesterday. (Full article: 494 words)

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