Elkhart joblessness jumps most in nation for September 2008

Indianapolis Business Journal

Wednesday, October 29, 2008 9:25 AM

The IBJ

No other metro area in the nation staged as large of an increase in its unemployment rate in September as Elkhart-Goshen in northern Indiana, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

The rate leaped 5.1 percentage points from a year earlier to 9.3 percent.

The region has suffered from a number of closings and layoffs in its core industry of recreational vehicle manufacturing.

Elkhart County unemployment for September 2008 more than double 2007's rate
RV shipments hit lowest level since 2001 recession

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