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Jobless rate is down, wages up, but not all is worth celebrating

Lux Butler and Alexandria Cullen Cronkite News//September 5, 2023//[read_meter]

jobs, unemployment, Census Bureau, workers, Arizona

The Arizona economy is slowing down. New figures on Nov. 16, 2023 from the Office of Economic Opportunity show the state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for October at 4.2%. That's up two-tenths of a point from the prior month and the fifth consecutive increase after the jobless rate hit a record low in May. (File photo by Thalia M. España/Cronkite News)

Jobless rate is down, wages up, but not all is worth celebrating

Lux Butler and Alexandria Cullen Cronkite News//September 5, 2023//[read_meter]

Arizona’s unemployment is at the lowest rate in decades, there are more jobs than workers available to fill them and salaries are inching up, all of which should be good...

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