"Construction Unemployment Rate Improves, But Job Losses Still Cut Deeply"

[Surety Insider]

" Construction's unemployment rate declined in August to 16.5%-- the industry's lowest jobless rate in eight months--the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Construction's August rate was an improvement over the 18.2% reported for July, but it was more than double the August 2008 rate of 8.2%."

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