What was the figure of TN unemployment as of July 2009?
Technical information: Employment: (202) 691-6559 USDL 09-0981 http://www.bls.gov/sae/ Unemployment: (202) 691-6392 http://www.bls.gov/lau/ For release: 10:00 A.M. (EDT) Media contact: (202) 691-5902 Friday, August 21, 2009 (NOTE: This release was reissued on Tuesday, August 25, 2009, to correct labor force and unemployment data for Connecticut and the five other New England States. Although most labor force and unemployment levels changed for July 2009, season- ally adjusted unemployment rates did not change. Data from April 2009 forward were subject to revision; some unemployment rates did change for those earlier months by 0.1 percentage point. See the note below. This correction affected tables 3 and 4, but did not affect the analysis portion of the release.) REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: JULY 2009 Regional and state unemployment rates were generally little ch
Tennessee overall is faring better than last month, with a 10.7 percent for July, down from 10.8 in June. However, James Neely, commissioner for Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, stated in a press release that the unemployment rate reduction “does not reflect a meaningful shift in unemployment,” but is “mostly a result of discouraged workers dropping out of the workforce.” Figures from TDLWD indicate July 2009 is the second highest July unemployment figure for Tennessee since 1948. The highest July unemployment figure for Tennessee during those 61 years was in July 1982 at 9.8 percent. The lowest was in 1953 at 2.7 percent Sources: http://www.spartaexpositor.com/articles/2009/08/31/news/doc4a9bcd9c71adb840845898.
