(The Center Square) - Arizona’s economy has been experiencing slow but positive growth, according to Zachary Milne, a senior economist at Common Sense Institute Arizona.
CSI released a report last week detailing the state's economic outlook for September.
The nonpartisan research organization's report said Arizona’s unemployment rate increased from 4.1% to 4.2%, tying it for America’s 34th-lowest rate with New York. The No. 1 lowest rate in the nation is in South Dakota. At the bottom of the list with the worst jobless rates are California at No. 50 and Washington, D.C., as No. 51.
From August to September, Arizona added only 2,200 jobs, which ranked 21st nationally, the report stated.
Just like in Arizona, employment growth nationwide has slowed, Milne told The Center Square. The economist described America’s economy as “uneasy.”
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