State unemployment rate holds steady in October
From Staff ReportsOriginally published: November 20. 2009 3:01AM
Last modified: November 19. 2009 11:44PM
Tennessee's unemployment rate for October was 10.5 percent, unchanged from the September rate.
Meanwhile, the national unemployment rate increased from 9.8 to 10.2 percent.
"This continues a pattern of stabilization in most sectors of Tennessee's economy," James Neeley, Tennessee Labor and Workforce Development commissioner, said Thursday.
The October rate a year ago was 6.9 percent.
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