Sentences with phrase «national jobless rate»

The unemployment rate in Giles County, where Pulaski is located, was 4.5 per cent at the end of September, just under both the state and national jobless rates of 4.6 per cent.

Consumers anticipated that the continued strength in the economy would lead to a lower national jobless rate, too.

Unemployment in Western Australia retreated slightly last month, while the national jobless rate edged higher, new figures have shown.

After four years of a so - called recovery, the U.S. economy is struggling to scratch out 2 percent growth, while the national jobless rate remains north of 7 percent.

Meanwhile, the national jobless rate improved from 7 percent a year ago to 5.7 percent this part September.

(By comparison, the national jobless rate that year stood at about 7.5 %.)

The trend is encouraging, but the number is still way above the national jobless rate of 5.4 percent.»

While that number is better than in years past, it is still higher than the national jobless rate of 5.4 percent.