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New Colorado Economic Report Released

by KREX News Room
by Danielle Kreutter

Story Created: Jan 18, 2013 at 12:01 PM MDT

Story Updated: Jan 18, 2013 at 1:41 PM MDT

DENVER - The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment has released their report for the state's economic status through 2012.

The report showed that, over the year, non-farm payroll jobs increased 51,300.

Private sector payroll jobs increased 47,600 and government increased 3,700.

Over the year, the unemployment rate declined three tenths of one percentage point from 7.9 percent in December 2011.

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