Unemployment, Jobs Down In September
(Hartford, Conn./CBS Connecticut) – There’s been another drop in Connecticut’s unemployment rate but the state also shed jobs in September.
Andy Condon is the director of research at the state Department of Labor.
He says jobs declined by 7,600 for the month. However, unemployment was down 1/10 of a percentage point to 5.2 %.
It’s the first decline in jobs in five months, according to Condon.
He says unemployment is going down on a declining labor force, which leads
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