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Large Democrat-Run Cities Lag Nation In Job Recovery

Ben Zeisloft
Large Democrat-Run Cities Lag Nation In Job Recovery
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A new report reveals that large, Democrat-run cities are lagging the nation — including other municipalities — in labor market recovery.

Personal finance company WalletHub combined three statistics — change in unemployment in June 2021 versus June 2019, June 2021 versus January 2020, and June 2021 versus June 2020 — to evaluate the cities with the fastest rebounds from high unemployment rates caused by COVID-19 and the lockdown-induced recession.

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