By Keith M. Phaneuf
The state Labor Department today threw some cold water on Connecticut’s optimistic job outlook.
The department not only reported a 6,000-job decline in August, but scaled back the 11,500-job gain it announced in July by more than 16 percent.
Despite the job losses, Connecticut’s unemployment rate remained unchanged in August at 8.1 percent. That’s because the number of people actively seeking employment also fell last month.
A 7,500-position decline in government-sector jobs in August, particularly in education, drove the latest job loss totals. [The state reported the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk labor market area with a job loss of 1,100, or -0.3 percent, lost the most jobs in August in magnitude and percentage, the Labor Department said.]
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