Vermont's July unemployment rate drops slightly to 3% - WCAX

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MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - The Vermont Labor Department says the state’s unemployment rate decreased slightly in July to 3%.

The rate was a decrease of one-tenth of one percentage point from June. The national unemployment rate for July was 5.4%.  Vermont Labor Commissioner Michael Harrington says the report supports what the department has heard anecdotally that Vermont is continuing on a slow, yet sustained, economic recovery. But he says some industries and regions are still feeling the impacts of the pandemic. H

e says employment in the accommodations and food services sector is down nearly 20% from pre-COVID-19 levels. 

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