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Unemployment rose slightly in February across Colorado
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s unemployment rate is on a streak, staying below 3% for 10 consecutive months. The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose by one-tenth of a percentage point, reaching 2.9%, in February according to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. The number of unemployed individuals…
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Colorado unemployment level drops slightly on strength of education and healthcare jobs growth
Colorado’s unemployment level dropped slightly in November to 3.5%, which caps a year of mostly steady decline from the 4.4% level a year ago, according to the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment Friday. That’s still below the national unemployment rate average of 3.7% last month. A state economist pointed to the strong job growth…