Governor Boasts Drop In Unemployment
Office of the Governor press release: #HARTFORD, CT – Governor Dannel P. Malloy and Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman today released the following statements in response to the Connecticut Department of Labor’s “Labor Situation” report for August 2015, which showed several thousand jobs created last month. The monthly report indicates that: Connecticut saw a net increase of 3,200 new jobs during the month. Though numbers may face adjustment next month,this represents the best year-over-year August job growth in the last ten years. The 2015 July-August jobs period, seasonally adjusted, has proven to deliver the second most movement in the last decade. The unemployment rate in the state dropped one-tenth of a percent to 5.3% (the national rate is…