High Point Enterprise

City jobless rate turns back down

By Paul B. Johnson ENTERPRISE STAFF WRITER,

1 days ago

https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=46qmEk_0vsSG7vs00 — Alexandria Shoup, left, and Angel Walker with The Salvation Army of Greater High Point share career opportunities with community members at a Career and Volunteer Expo hosted by the YWCA of High Point. The city of High Point jobless rate dropped from July to August, the N.C. Department of Commerce reported Wednesday. LAURA GREENE | HPE

HIGH POINT — The city’s unemployment rate made a welcome turn in August after increasing through much of the spring and summer.

The jobless rate dropped from 5.6% in July to 5.3% in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday. The city’s unemployment level had increased each month dating back to April, when the jobless level was 4.2%.

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