NJ's long term jobless rate among highest in the nation

April 27, 2015

Economist James Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, said that although the state is doing worse than the nation in the U-6 category — the national average was 12 percent — there are signs of hope that the spread between the two is narrowing.

NorthJersey.com, April 27

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