Unemployment rate drops below 5 percent

October 20, 2020 Carol Kuster State News 0

Iowa’s unemployment rate dropped by more than one percent in September. Iowa Workforce Development reports the September rate is 4.7%, which is down from 6% in August. It is the fifth consecutive month the state unemployment rate has dropped since peaking at 11% in April during the height of the pandemic. The number of unemployed […]