Seasonal changes lead to slight increase in unemployment for September

Iowa’s unemployment rate inched to 3% in September from 2.9% in August, while the labor participation rate dropped by one-tenth of a percent. Iowa Workforce Development spokesperson, Jesse Dougherty, says the slight change is seasonal. He says the primary reason for the change is college students who left the workforce to go back to school. […]

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