Michigan's June Unemployment Rate Dips Slightly
Michigan's unemployment rate has continued to drop while total employment is largely unchanged. The seasonally adjusted figure for June released Wednesday by the state Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth is 13.2 percent, down four-tenths of a percentage point from May. Unemployment declined by 21,000 people in June but total employment increased only 1,000. Michigan's labor force fell by 20,000 during the month - the first monthly drop in 2010.
U.S. unemployment decreased two-tenths of a percentage point to 9.5 percent during the same month-to-month period.
State labor department officials say the monthly jobless rate has declined because fewer Michigan workers are actively looking for jobs.
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