BLS: Unemployment Rates Lower in 4 states in April; California, Hawaii and Wisconsin at New Series Lows

From the BLS: Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Summary Unemployment rates were lower in April in 4 states and stable in 46 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Twelve states had jobless rate decreases from a year earlier and 38 states and the District had little or no change. The national unemployment rate edged down from March to 3.9 percent and was 0.5 percentage point lower than in April 2017 ... Hawaii had the lowest unemployment rate in April, 2.0 percent. The rates in California (4.2 percent), Hawaii (2.0 percent), and......(read more)

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