NC unemployment rate unchanged as national rate increases

North Carolina’s December 2018 unemployment rate remained unchanged from November, while the national unemployment rate increased. North Carolina’s unemployment rate held steady at 3.6%, while the national unemployment rate grew by 0.2 of a percentage point to 3.9%. North Carolina’s December 2018 rate decreased 0.9 of a percentage point from a year ago. The employment report released Friday by the N.C. Department of Commerce also showed that since December 2017, total nonfarm jobs grew 87,200…

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