Missouri's unemployment rate down to 8 percent

Wednesday, January 18, 2012 | 9:40 a.m. CST; updated 3:37 p.m. CST, Wednesday, January 18, 2012
BY Jessica Clark

COLUMBIA — Missouri's unemployment rate for December 2011 fell two-tenths of a point from November and hit 8 percent — its lowest rate since January 2009,  according to the Missouri Department of Economic Development.

Unemployment in Missouri has fallen 1.7 percent overall since January 2011, the department said in a news release.

Boone County's unemployment rate was not immediately available.

 


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