Unemployment Rate Up in Tennessee

Tennessee’s preliminary unemployment rate for September has risen in the state’s latest reports.
The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development said Thursday that the preliminary rate for September was 4.6 percent, up two-tenths of a percentage point from August’s revised rate of 4.4 percent.
The U.S. preliminary rate for September was 5 percent, up one-tenth of a percentage point from the previous month.
Tennessee’s unemployment rate has fallen from 5.6 percent a year ago to 4.6 percent. Nationally, the rate is down from 5.1 percent to 5 percent.