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47 out of 51 largest metropolitan areas had over-the-year unemployment rate decreases 


December 05, 2017
Of the 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more, 47 areas had over-the-year unemployment rate decreases and 4 had increases. Full Text »
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Full employment: an assumption within BLS projections  
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Arlington Memorial Bridge spans the decades as a study in long-term price change

This article examines the history of the Arlington Memorial Bridge and compares the original construction with a contemporary proposed rebuilding of it, which provides an interesting illustration of long-term price change in the United States, with the help of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data.
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