Wisconsin’s new unemployment rate falls by 0.7 from August

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Wisconsin’s new unemployment rate fell by 0.7 of a percent from August.

The unadjusted rate of 7.7 percent is the lowest of the year. Almost every part of the economy lost jobs in September.

But with kids back in school, educational jobs grew.

And so did the health services industry.

Total employment was up by 5,600 from August.

But Wisconsin still lost 124.000 jobs over the last year.

The seasonally-adjusted jobless rate was 8.8 percent statewide.

That’s down a half-point from August, but still almost double from a year ago. State labor economist Eric Grosso called the trend encouraging, but he says there’s a long way to go before a recovery begins.

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