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Arizona employment rate inches down; construction still struggles

Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services//December 19, 2014//

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Arizona employment rate inches down; construction still struggles

Arizona employment rate inches down; construction still struggles

Howard Fischer, Capitol Media Services//December 19, 2014//

Arizona added 23,300 private sector jobs last month. But many of them may just be temporary. New figures show 10,700 of those jobs were in retail sales. Aruna Murthy, director...

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