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NC Jobless Rate Up Slightly In January

North Carolina’s jobless rate inched up a bit during the month of January. The latest numbers were released today.

The January jobless rate sits at 9-point-9 percent – a tenth of a percentage point higher than November and December of last year. But it's a lot lower than Jannuary last year when the unemployment rate in North Carolina was more than 11-percent. The state’s Employment Security Commission says the largest loss of jobs at the start of the year was in construction – losing 51-hundred jobs. The largest INCREASE in jobs come in the area called trade, transportation and utilities. The retail sector also showed promise.

Leoneda Inge is the co-host of WUNC's "Due South." Leoneda has been a radio journalist for more than 30 years, spending most of her career at WUNC as the Race and Southern Culture reporter. Leoneda’s work includes stories of race, slavery, memory and monuments. She has won "Gracie" awards, an Alfred I. duPont Award and several awards from the Radio, Television, Digital News Association (RTDNA). In 2017, Leoneda was named "Journalist of Distinction" by the National Association of Black Journalists.
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