Arkansas` Unemployment Rate Drops
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
The unemployment rate in Arkansas dropped to
six-point-zero percent for November from six-point-two percent in
October. The numbers were announced today by the Arkansas Workforce
Investment Board.
The national unemployment rate for November was five-point-nine
percent, down from six-point-zero percent the month before.
The number of employed Arkansans rose by 400 to one (m)
million-232-thousand-700. The number of jobless state residents
dropped by 24-hundred to 79-thousand in November.
The board says manufacturing jobs continue to decline in the
state. Hiring in the retail sector for the holiday shopping season
helped boost the number of employed people for the month.
Posted by Mike Hellgren
