Des Moines, Iowa – Iowa’s unemployment rate went up for the first time in four months in August — moving from two-point-eight to two-point-nine percent. Workforce Development director Beth Townsend says the state is doing well despite several manufacturing lay-offs.
Townsend says concerns about the national economy are part of the issue with manufacturing layoffs.
Townsend says those who get laid off still have many options.
Townsend says Iowa’s economy continues to weather the problems at the national level.
The state’s labor force participation rate fell one tenth of a percent to 66-point-three, which Townsend says was driven by retirements.
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