RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s unemployment is better than the national average for the second month in a row, dropping in August to 4.6 percent. The state Commerce Department reported Tuesday that the state’s jobless rate fell from 4.7 ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s unemployment rate has declined but still remains slightly above the national average. The state’s unemployment rate was 5.1 percent for May, according to figures released Friday by the state Department of Commerce. That’s down ...

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RALEIGH — North Carolina’s unemployment rate keeps falling. The state Commerce Department reported Friday that the jobless rate in October dropped to 6.3 percent, down from 6.7 percent in September. The national rate fell a fraction in October to 5.8 percent. State employment ...

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RALEIGH — North Carolina’s unemployment rate fell to 6.9 percent in December. The state Commerce Department said Tuesday the state’s jobless rate dropped from 7.4 percent in November. The reported unemployment rate fell 2.5 percentage points last year. The report shows that during ...

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Builders built a lot more new houses. Builders sold a lot more new houses. Builders are getting ready to build even more new houses. In fact, the Charlotte metro area now ranks ninth among the country’s 381 metropolitan statistical areas in the number of single-family detached building permits issued this year.

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North Carolina's unemployment rate increased slightly in July to 8.9 percent, the state Commerce Department announced Monday, as a drop in the overall government workforce tempered private-sector employment gains.

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