More on unemployment
The state unemployment rate stayed low in February, at 4.6 percent, but went up .3 percentage points from January, according to data released by the N.C. Employment Security Commission today.
During the same period, the national unemployment rate went up .1 percentage points, from 4.7 to 4.8 percent. This is the second consecutive month that the state rate has hovered below the national one.
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