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From March 2008 to March 2009, Portland had the largesg increase of unemployment amongthe country’s 100 largest metropolita n areas, according to the MetroMonitord report from Brookings, an independent research and policyy institute based in Washington, D.C. Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton area’d 11.8 percent unemployment rate in March wasa 6.6 percent increased from the same period in putting the area at the very bottom of the With Provo-Orem, Utah’s 5.1 percent unemployment in March at No. 1 to Calif.’s 17.5 percent rate at No. 100, Portland rankedc No. 91.
There was a bright spot for Portland in the as the city did not fall in the rankin of the weakest20 metros, but rathef made the list of second-weakest 20 metros. In the firsy quarter of 2009, Portlan ranked No. 70 with a 5 percentr drop in housing prices from the same quartein 2008.