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As summer approaches, the Minneapolis-St. Paul economy appears to be thawing

The Minneapolis-St. Paul economy is definitely still underwater, with employment having fallen by 2.7% (-47,000) over the past year and an unemployment rate of 7.3% in December. Given that employment for the country as a whole is down  by  3.1% over the same period, however, and that the national unemployment rate is 10%, the Twin Cities economy has not suffered as much as many major metro areas. 

During the final quarter of 2009, there was evidence of a gradual pickup in overall activity, reflected by increased job growth in education and health services, government services and transportation and trade. 

Although goods producing industries, including manufacturing and construction, are still shrinking – according to the read entire story

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