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End of grape harvest drives jobless rate up slightly

The U.S. Labor Department said Nebraska’s November rate came in just above North Dakota’s 2.7 percent.

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Tennessee’s preliminary unemployment rate for November was 5.6 percent, unchanged from the October revised rate, Tennessee Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips announced Thursday.

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Unemployment rates fell in more than half of US states in November as employers stepped up hiring.

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Over the year statewide, the unemployment rate is down seven-tenths of a percentage point from 4.3 percent, and is at the lowest level since June 2007.

The Labor Department report also shows that jobless claims slipped 500 in the last four weeks, while nonfarm payrolls saw an increase of 211,000 in the last month. However, the economy still shows signs of improvement, with the November 2015 rate almost two percentage points below the important year-ago rate of 10.6 percent.

Butler said those seeking jobs should check out the labor department’s online job site, EmployGeorgia.com, with almost 66,000 positions posted there in November alone.

The third-quarter current account deficit represented 2.7 percent of gross domestic product, the biggest percentage since the second quarter of 2012.

Arkansas had an unemployment rate of 5.1 percent in October.

Professional and business services added 6,000 jobs, with gains in all three subsectors. The figure for the Columbus area in October was 6.5 percent, one of the highest in the state.

State and local employment data are derived independently from the national statistics, which are typically released on the first Friday of every month. The increase for the year is the balance of a drop in estimated government jobs and an increase in private sector work. Lincoln had 240 more jobs in November than October.

Other industries reporting losses include food manufacturing, down 900 jobs.

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Industries that added jobs in California last month included construction, manufacturing, transportation and utilities, educational and health services, and leisure and hospitality services.

State's unemployment rate ticks up, but more jobs added