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Unemployment still low in Hudson Valley

Nov 23, 2016 12:41 pm
The Daily Freeman reports that unemployment fell in Greene County from a year ago. It rose slightly in Columbia County, which continued to have the lower unemployment rate in the state, according to state Department of Labor statistics released Nov. 22. Greene County had an unemployment rate of 4.6 percent last month, down from 4.8 percent in October 2015. Columbia County’s rate was 3.5 percent, up from 3.4 percent a year ago. Ulster County was at 4.2 percent, from 4.3, and Delaware County was unchanged at 4.8 percent. Statewide, unemployment was at 5 percent, up from 4.7 percent. Read the full story in The Daily Freeman.