Big April Drop In Michigan Regional Jobless Rates
LANSING (AP) - Michigan reports that the seasonally unadjusted unemployment rate dropped a full percentage point statewide and fell in all major labor markets.
The April figures released Thursday show joblessness statewide at 8 percent, compared with 9 percent in March and 10.1 percent in April 2011.
State labor analysts say April's drop was typical with seasonal hiring throughout most of the state. The reductions were highest in the northernmost labor markets as hiring began for the summer tourism season.
Seasonally adjusted joblessness has been falling for months in Michigan. Eight of the state's metropolitan regions report unemployment rates at or below the national seasonally adjusted rate of 7.7 percent.
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