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State unemployment numbers continue to fall, now at 5.1 percent
Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate continued on a downward trend in April, falling to 5.1 percent from 5.2 percent in March, according to a press release this morning from the Iowa Workforce Development Office. The state’s jobless rate stood at 5.9 percent one year ago. Meanwhile, the U.S. unemployment rate edged down to 8.1 percent in April from 8.2 percent in March.
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