• Connecticut’s Unemployment – September 2012

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Unemployment: Based on the household survey, the estimate of people unemployed in September 2012, seasonally adjusted, was 169,500, which is lower by 1,600 (-0.9%) from August 2012 while the unemployment rate fell one-tenth of a percentage point to 8.9%. The unemployment rate is now back to the same level tallied in July 2011. The September 2012 United States unemployment rate was 7.8%, down three-tenths of a percentage point over the month. Connecticut is now well above the national unemployment rate. September average weekly initial unemployment claims for first-time Connecticut filers decreased over the month by 252 (-5.3%) to 4,527, and were lower by a solid 1,400 claims from September 2011, or -23.6%. Source: CTDOL

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