States Adds 3,200 Jobs In August

(Wethersfield, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – Connecticut added 3,200 jobs in August.
The state Department of Labor says the unemployment rate dropped to 5.3%.
That figure is down  one-tenth of a percentage point from July and a full percentage point from the same time a year ago.
The figures bring the number of jobs in the state to a seasonally adjusted level just under 1.7 million.
Labor department officials say the unemployment rate hasn’t been this low since May of 2008.
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