(Source: State of Michigan) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: March 5, 2014 Contact: Kurt Weiss, 517-335-0050 Michigan's January Unemployment Rate Drops Rate falls to 7.8 percent, lowest since May 2008 Lansing - Michigan's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in January fell by a half percentage point to 7.8 percent, according to data released today by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget (DTMB). Total employment rose by 32,000 over the month and the number of unemployed declined by 20,000. The state's labor force increased by 11,000 in January. The Michigan jobless rate in January 2014 was one and one-tenth percentage points below the state's January 2013 rate of 8.9...
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