TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey officials say the unemployment rate dropped 0.1 percent in December, to 9 percent.
It was the fourth time in the last five months the state's unemployment rate has fallen.
The gains came with public sector employment rising by 2,400 jobs in December — mostly in local government. Private sector jobs, however, were down by 2,000.
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