
KENTUCKY’S AUGUST UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FELL SLIGHTLY COMPARED TO JULY…..
ACCORDING TO THE KENTUCKY CENTER FOR STATISTICS….THE AUGUSTJOBLESS RATE WAS FOUR-POINT-TWO PERCENT……WHICH WAS DOWN TWO-TENTHS OF
A PERCENTAGE POINT FROM JULY…..AND WAS ONE-HALF PERCENT LOWER THAN AUGUST 20-24……
OVER THE PAST THREE MONTHS……PEOPLE HAVE EXITED THE LABOR MARKET…..WITH MOST OF THE EXITS AMONG THOSE WHO WERE UNEMPLOYED AND
SEARCHINGFOR JOBS……
AS THE NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS REPORED WORKING HAS CHANGED LITTLE OVER THE PAST TWO MONTHS……