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State Labor Department releases latest unemployment statistics

Four of the six Labor Market Areas saw job increases in August and only one saw a decline. The Danbury area remained unchanged. Only the Waterbury area had job losses, dropping 200 positions.  The August unemployment rate for Connecticut is estimated at 3.6 percent, unchanged from the revised July figure.  It's down four-tenths of a percentage point from a year ago. The US jobless rate in August was 3.7 percent.  Connecticut gained 2,800 net jobs in August.  Over the year, nonagricultural employment in the state grew by 0.4 percent.  The July originally-released job loss of 100 was revised up to a gain of 1,600.  State Department of Labor Researcher Andy Condon says Connecticut saw gains in six of the ten major Industry sectors measured. The labor force grew for the first time in many months.

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