Friday, March 11, 2011

Iowa unemployment rate below national average

Businesses hired more in January, but Iowa's unemployment rate is still hovering above 6 percent. Iowa added 5,400 nonfarm jobs in January over December, with 10,100 jobs gained over a year earlier, Iowa Workforce Development reported. The jobless rate, at 6.1 percent is still about three percentage points below the national average.

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