Oklahoma unemployment rate edges up to 4.4 percent in July

The Associated Press - August 19, 2017 10:03 am

Oklahoma unemployment rate edges up to 4.4 percent in July
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Oklahoma’s unemployment rate edged up to 4.4 percent in July, slightly higher than the 4.3 percent of each of the previous four months.
The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission reported Friday that the sharpest decline was in the manufacturing industry, which lost 1,400 jobs.
The commission says an increase in total employment of 242 was offset by an overall decline of 5,445 in the number of jobless, while the number in the total labor force fell by 5,200.
The national unemployment rate fell from 4.4 percent in June to 4.3 percent in July.

 

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