Colo. Unemployment Drops Despite Weaker Than Expected Hiring

DENVER (AP) — A forecast last December from the University of Colorado Boulder showed Colorado’s unemployment rate was expected to rise from 3.5 percent to 3.9 percent this year.
The Denver Post reported Monday the state’s labor markets took an unexpected turn, as Colorado’s unemployment rate dipped to a historic low of 2.3 percent in April and stayed there in May and June, despite slower than expected job gains.
Associate director of the Business Research Division at the