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Nashville, TN<\/strong> – Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips today announced Tennessee\u2019s unemployment rate for June 2017 was 3.6 percent, the lowest in Tennessee recorded history.<\/p>\nThe June 2017 preliminary seasonally adjusted rate surpasses the previous low of 3.7 percent from March 2000.<\/p>\n
The state has not experienced an unemployment rate below 4.0 percent since it was 3.9 percent in February 2001.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat\u2019s truly exciting about today\u2019s news is that this is a statewide story,\u201d Haslam said. \u201cToday more than ever, businesses have a choice of where to grow or expand, and because of the policies this administration has put in place working with the General Assembly, we\u2019re seeing the job growth that comes when businesses choose Tennessee.\u201d<\/p>\n June\u2019s rate declines four-tenths of a percentage point from the May revised rate of 4.0 percent. Amid notable improvements in Tennessee\u2019s unemployment rate, the national preliminary rate increases by one-tenth of a percentage point from the previous month to 4.4 percent, lingering in the 4.0 percentile.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen a state\u2019s rate declines during a national uptick in unemployment, that\u2019s something to note,\u201d Phillips said. \u201cJust seven years ago more than 10 percent of Tennesseans were out of work. One of Governor Haslam\u2019s top priorities has been to make Tennessee the best state in the southeast for high quality jobs. All indications point to that priority becoming a reality.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Tennessee](\"http:\/\/www.clarksvilleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Unemployment-Rate-Tennessee-June-2017.jpg\" "\\"Tennessee")
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