KENTUCKY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DOWN

ACCORDING TO THE KENTUCKY CENTER FOR STATISTICS......THE COMMONWEALTH'S JUNE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAS 4.9%.....WHICH WAS DOWN .01 OF A

PERCENT FROM MAY AND ALSO FROM JUNE OF LAST YEAR.....

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ESTIMATES FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS SUGGEST THAT THE STRONG GROWTH IN KENTUCKY'S LABOR FORCE MAY BE COOLING.....

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ALSO.....ESTIMATES FOR JUNE INDICATE A SLIGHT DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMONWEALTH'S LABOR FORCE.....HOWEVER.....THERE WAS AN

UPTICK IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO REPORTED HAVING A JOB......