Employers Add 15,600 Jobs in January ~Unemployment rate falls to 7.3 percent

January unemployment was 7.4%. The US unemployment rate was 9.7%.

"We're encouraged by the improvement in the labor market," said DEED Commissioner Dan McElroy. "The unemployment rate has been trending downward in recent months, but it's still too early to say whether the state economy has reached a turning point."


Source MN DEED