ACCORDING TO THE KENTUCKY CENTER FOR STATISTICS……THE COMMONWEALTH’S MAY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WAS FOUR-POINT-FIVE PERCENT…..WHICH WAS
UP FROM FOUR-POINT-THREE PERCENT IN APRIL……BUT DOWN TWO-TENTHS OF A PERCENT FROM ONE YEAR AGO…..
WHILE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THE LABOR FORCE WAS ESSENTIALLY UNCHANGED IN MAY…..FEWER PEOPLE REPORTED BEING EMPLOYED AND MORE PEOPLE
INDICATED THEY WERE WITHOUT A JOB, BUT LOOKING FOR ONE…..WHICH LED TO THE JOBLESS RATE CLIMBING…….