North Carolina’s July jobs report was again mixed, but generally reflects the state’s continued – if slow – labor market improvement. Top line, the unemployment rate decreased 0.2 percentage points to 4.7%, though that reduction was due entirely to a drop in the labor force, a measure of those who have jobs or are actively looking for work, and not because of a drastically improved labor market. To determine employment rate estimates, The Bureau of Labor Statistics performs two surveys,…
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