NC July unemployment rate rises to 8.9 percent, Labor Force Participation Rate plummets 1.4 percent since Jan 2013, NC tied for third worst unemployment rate “North Carolina’s unemployment rate fell for the fourth consecutive month in May to 8.8 percent, but the slight drop was largely due to a shrinking labor force rather than the creation of new jobs, economists said.”…Raleigh News Observer June 21, 2013 “11.4%: What the U.S. unemployment rate would be if labor force participation were back to January 2008 levels.” …James Pethokoukis, American Enterprise Institute, June 2013Read More