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Posted: Friday, April 20th, 2007 5:21 PM HST
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Island unemployment up slightly
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HONOLULU (AP) _ Hawaii's unemployment is up a bit but still about half the national average.
Seasonally adjusted unemployment rose from two-point-three percent in February to two and a-half percent in March.
The state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations reports all islands posted higher numbers with the exception of Molokai.
The rate was two-point-three percent on Oahu, three percent on the Big Island, two-point-three percent on Kauai, two-point-one percent on Maui, two-point-eight percent on Lanai and four-point-six percent on Molokai.
Across the nation, the unemployment rate in March was four-point-four percent, down from four and a-half percent in February.
(Copyright 2007 Associated Press. All rights reserved)
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