STATE UNEMPLOYMENT SEES SLIGHT INCREASE IN AUGUST
Tennessee Labor & Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips has announced the Tennessee preliminary unemployment rate for August was 4.4 percent, up one-tenth of a percentage point from the July revised rate of 4.3 percent. The U.S. preliminary rate for August was 4.9 percent, unchanged from the previous month. Total non-farm employment increased 7300 jobs from July to August.