Source: WRAL, 3/15/21

 North Carolina’s unemployment rate fell for the fourth consecutive month in January, showing the state’s economy is “moving in the right direction.” So says N.C. State economist Dr. Michael Walden after reviewing the latest job data from the North Carolina Department of Commerce. The January jobless rate declined to 5.9% in January, a drop from 6.1 percent in December. It’s the first time the unemployent rate was below 6% since the pandemic hit the state and the US a year ago.

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