(Source: Idaho Department of Labor) Idaho's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for October dropped two tenths of a point to 4 percent. October's job growth was the strongest it has been for that month in a decade as robust hiring absorbed an additional 1,800 people who joined the labor force along with 1,000 unemployed workers. Nonfarm jobs increased by 1.2 percent as the result of 8,000 additional jobs, a strong showing for a month that increased on average by 0.3 percent each year for the last five years. Construction jobs grew by 1.9 percent in October - counter to a...
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