Missouri’s Jobless Rate Rises In November

Missouri’s unemployment rate continued its climb in November, reaching 4.3 percent. The jobless rate, not seasonally adjusted, increased three-tenths of a point from October. On a seasonally adjusted basis, unemployment has been climbing since last December, other than a lull in the June-September period. In November, the seasonally adjusted rate increased two-tenths of a point to 4.7 percent, compared to 4.5 percent in October.