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September jobless
Numbers released Thursday by the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development (TDLWD) show the state’s economic recovery continued in September. The unemployment rate for September is 6.3%, a decrease of 2.3 percentage points from the August rate of 8.6%. Tennessee’s all-time highest unemployment rate of 15.5 percent was recorded in April during the peak of COVID-19 business closures. Employers across the state created 11,100 new nonfarm jobs between August and September. The leisure/hospitality sector was responsible for the largest number of new hires for the month. The manufacturing sector created the second-largest increase, followed by the education/health services sector.
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