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November Jobless Rates Down in Kalamazoo, Battle Creek Labor Markets

Jobless rates in November were down about one-percent from year ago levels in the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek labor markets. 

The Department of Technology, Management and Budget’s latest report shows the jobless rate was 3.7% in November in the Kalamazoo labor market. Unemployment in Kalamazoo and Van Buren Counties stood at 4.7%  in November of 2014.

The jobless rate in the Battle Creek labor market was 4.1% in November, the figure for Calhoun County is down .8%  from the same period a year ago.

Gordon Evans became WMUK's Content Director in 2019 after more than 20 years as an anchor, host and reporter. A 1990 graduate of Michigan State, he began work at WMUK in 1996.
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