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U.S. government jobs outnumber manufacturing jobs by nearly 2:1

Seasonally-adjusted data pulled from U.S. Department of Labor reports show that there are nearly twice as many Americans working for federal, state and local government than there are working in the manufacturing industry. Preliminary numbers for the month of August, according to the department's Bureau of Labor

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Mass. unemployment holds at 4.6 percent

By Andy Metzger The state added 10,500 jobs in June as the unemployment rate remained at 4.6 percent, according to numbers released Thursday morning.

Massachusetts

Experts say Mass. economy expanding at best rate since last 1990s

By Michael P. Norton Massachusetts is experiencing its strongest economic expansion since the late 1990s, but growth remains concentrated in the Greater Boston region and inadequate housing production is causing home prices to rise and exacerbating longstanding cost-of-living challenges, according to area economists.