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Alabama Unemployment Hits Record Low 3.5%

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Alabama’s unemployment rate is down to what officials say is a record low at 3.5%. State figures released today show the preliminary, seasonally-adjusted rate for June dropped two-tenths of a percent from the May rate of 3.7%. It’s the state’s lowest jobless rate ever, and better than the most recent national unemployment rate of 3.7%. The number represents a growth…

Gov. Kay Ivey Announces Lowest Unemployment Rate Since 2008

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Gov. Kay Ivey and Alabama Dept. of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington have announced that Alabama’s May unemployment rate has fallen to 4.9%, the lowest rate since March 2008. May’s rate represents 107,364 unemployed persons. “Over the past three months, our unemployment rate has fallen by an impressive 1.3 percentage points.  May’s figures represent the lowest unemployment rate in more than…