Unemployment rates fell or were unchanged in all 50 U.S. states in November, including New Jersey, where the jobless rate fell to 7.8 percent, from 8.4 percent in October. Officials cite the latest numbers as evidence that hiring is up nationwide...
A new government report shows New Jersey's unemployment rate fell by more than a half a percentage point to 7.8 percent in November as the state added nearly 17,000 jobs and 31,000 people stopped looking for work.
A fourth straight month of solid hiring cut the U.S. unemployment rate in November to a five-year low of 7 percent. The surprisingly robust job gain suggested that the economy may have begun to accelerate.