The Washington economy is a job engine, growing in employment and drawing people from the sidelines into the job market.

The Washington state economy right now is a job engine drawing people in from the sidelines and into the job market.

Washington employers hired workers at a near-frantic pace in March. A lot of industries were growing. This is a very hot labor market.

It's more evidence that the economy is on a pretty solid track.

When you look at Washington, it's really not that big. And its economy is completely dependent on those two companies. When they're doing well, the whole state does all right, but when they're down, there's nothing to fall back on.

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