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 few glimmers of hope were evident in Northwest Indiana's labor market information for February 2013, when the region's jobless rate slipped to 10.8 percent from 10.9 percent during the prior month.

Although the regional unemployment rate was stubbornly high, Northwest Indiana benefitted from a strengthening manufacturing sector statewide. Since employment in the Hoosier state bottomed out in July 2009, Indiana employers have added more than 188,000 private-sector jobs, including nearly 65,000 new jobs in manufacturing alone. During 12 months ending in February 2013, manufacturing job growth in Indiana far outpaced the national average, with Indiana manufacturers adding jobs three times faster than throughout the nation, on average (3.3 percent versus 0.9 percent).

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