Arkansas Jobless Rate Falls For August
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
The jobless rate in Arkansas fell to
5.4% in August, a drop of o.2% from the month before.
The numbers were announced today by the Arkansas Workforce
Investment Board.
The Arkansas unemployment rate was in line with the national
rate, which dropped a tenth of a point to 5.4% for the month.
The agency says the state gained jobs in eight of the eleven
major nonfarm industries. Jobs in education make up most of the
current increase, with smaller additions in professional-business
services, trade-transportation-utilities, manufacturing, and
construction.
