Labor & Economic News Blog

Friday, September 16, 2005

State unemployment rate dipped to 4.7 percent in August
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ New York state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dipped to 4.7 percent in August, down from 5.1 percent in July and 4.9 percent in June, state officials reported Thursday. State Labor Department officials said it was the lowest August unemployment figure in five years. It was 5.6 percent in August of last year.

 



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