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Question of the Day: What's Your Opinion on Mass. Unemployment Rate?

The state's unemployment rate has dropped to 7.4 percent, it was announced last week.

Last week, the Massachusetts Office of Labor and Workforce Development announced that the state's unemployment rate dropped from 7.6 percent in July to 7.4 percent in August.

The announcement comes as good news for Massachusetts residents, as the rate remains much lower than the national unemployment rate of 9.1 percent.

In August, three of the 10 private sectors added jobs in Trade, Transportation and Utilities; Other Services; and Construction, according to the Massachusetts Office of Labor and Workforce Development. Moreover, the August job loss follows a revised 10,400 job gain in July, previously reported as a 12,700 job gain.

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