Statewide Labor Market and Economy: Quantifying Utah’s Recent Job Losses

Monday, March 15, 2010

Quantifying Utah’s Recent Job Losses

The worst of the current economic downturn now appears to be behind Utah and the nation. August 2009 seems to have been the employment low point. Over the past year (from August 2008 to August 2009), Utah’s economy contracted by over 73,000 jobs. TrendLines

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