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'Pretty awful' — amid U.S. trade war, Windsor jobless rate hits pandemic levels

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Windsor/Essex County’s jobless rate jumped 1.4 basis points in April to 10.7 per cent as 3,700 more people became jobless.

That brings the number of unemployed to 28,600 , the highest since June 2020 when it reached 32,500 .

Manufacturing accounted for 2,200 of the 4,600 local jobs lost last month .

The national unemployment rate climbed 0.2 basis points, to 6.9 per cent .

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