More Unemployment Info
From the Kentucky Office of Unemployment and Training: Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary unemployment rate declined .7 percentage point to 10.6 percent in November 2009 from a revised 11.3 percent in October 2009, according to the Office of Employment and Training (OET), an agency of the Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet. November 2009’s jobless rate is 3.4 percentage points higher than the 7.2 percent rate recorded in November 2008.
“Kentucky’s economy continued to show signs of stabilization in November 2009. However, individuals who have faced long-term unemployment dropping out of the labor force and a rise in the number of people working part-time for economic reasons contributed to the decline in the unemployment rate,” said Dr. Justine Detzel, OET chief labor market analyst.
The U.S. seasonally adjusted jobless rate decreased from 10.2 percent in October 2009 to 10 percent in November 2009, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. This 10 percent rate is .6 percentage point below the 10.6 percent rate recorded in Kentucky in November 2009.
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