The Asheville metro area's unemployment rate fell to 6.8% in October, the region's best performance in four years. Asheville has had the state's second-highest job growth for the year, adding 3,100 new jobs.
October’s rate was the lowest for the metro area of Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson and Madison counties since December 2008 when unemployment stood at 6.4 percent. As the region felt the bite of the Great Recession, the jobless rate jumped to 8 percent in January 2009.
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Asheville unemployment falls under 7%
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