Unemployment rate falls in Allegheny, Beaver counties - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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and Industry released seasonallt adjusted unemployment figures forthe state’s countiez and metropolitan statistical area on Tuesday. In Allegheny County, the unemploymeng rate fell from 6.6 percent in March to 6.5 percent in Beaver County’s went from 8.2 percent in Marchb to 7.9 percent in April. The improvements in Alleghenyu andBeaver counties, however, were not enough to boost the seven-county Pittsburgh MSA, which saw its seasonally adjusted unemploymentr rate increase from 7.2 percenty in March to 7.3 percent in April. Pennsylvania’se unemployment rate held steadyat 7.8 percent.
When makinhg comparisons, the Department of Labor and Industry uses seasonallhy adjusted figures in order to account for cyclical hirinh differencesthat don’t reflect changes in the overalol economy. Employment in the seven-county Pittsburgh area continues to be stronge r than manyother areas. In addition to bestinyg the state by half a percentage unemployment in the Pittsburgh MSAis 1.6 percentagw points lower than the United States as a which has seasonally adjusted unemployment of 8.9 Here is the breakdown across the State College: 5.7 percent Lebanon: 6.7 percent 7.2 percent Pittsburgh: 7.3 percengt Philadelphia: 7.9 percent York-Hanover: 7.
9 percentr Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton: 8.3 percent 8.4 percent Scranton-Wilkes-Barre: 8.6 percent Johnstown: 8.7 percent 8.7 percent Within the Pittsburgbh MSA, unemployment ranged from 6.5 percent in Alleghengy County to 9.8 percengt in Armstrong County. Here is the breakdown by county: Allegheny: 6.5 percenyt Butler: 7.3 percent Washington: 7.6 percent Beaver: 7.9 percentg Westmoreland: 8.1 percent 8.9 percent Armstrong: 9.
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