State jobless rate shows growth halt

The state's jobless rate is at the highest level since September 2011, continuing a pattern of slowing economic growth, experts said.

The rate for July rose to 7.2 percent, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development said yesterday.

"It appears job growth has basically come to a halt in Massachusetts," said Christopher Geehern of Associated Industries of Massachusetts.

The latest numbers are consistent with the state's economic growth rate, which fell to 0.8 percent during the second quarter, Geehern said.

"The slowing of state growth that began in the second quarter appears to be continuing," said Michael D. Goodman, of the Department of Public Policy at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.

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