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Arkansas jobless rate stays at 4.4% for May


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Arkansas jobless rate stays at 4.4% for May
by
Andrew Moreau
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June 24, 2021 at 1:58 a.m.
In this Sept. 2, 2020, file photo, a help wanted sign hangs on the door of a Target store in Uniontown, Pa.
The state s joblessness rate remained unchanged at 4.4% in May, still well below the national unemployment rate of 5.8%, Arkansas officials said Wednesday. Unemployment in Arkansas was 8.5% a year ago as the pandemic strangled the economy.
Ten industry sectors reported growth from April to May, and Arkansas nonfarm payroll jobs are up 70,500 compared with a year ago, the Arkansas Division of Workforce Services announced.
We re still making progress toward full employment, it s just much slower than it was a few months back, said Michael Pakko, state economist with the Arkansas Economic Development Institute. It s a slow slog to get back to full employment, but we re much closer to it than the national average is at this point. It s ....

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