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Jobless rates were higher in January than a year earlier in 290 of the 387 metropolitan areas, lower in 64, and unchanged in 33. Nonfarm payroll employment increased over the year in 38 metropolitan areas, decreased in 1, and was essentially unchanged in 348.
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