Unemployment stuck
Unemployment rates did not budge from July to August in Guilford County, according to seasonally adjusted figures released by the N.C. Employment Security Commission Friday.
And at 5.2 percent, the rate is unchanged from last year at the same time.
Economist Don Jud, professor emeritus at UNCG, said that while the jobless rate has not changed, the number of people working in the county has risen 3.4 percent over the past year. That points to a growing economy, he said.
"People who have totally withdrawn from the workforce are back looking," said Jud.
Seasonally adjusted unemployment for Forsyth, Guilford and Alamance counties was 5.2 percent in August, unchanged from July and down slightly from 5.3 percent a year ago.