LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Seasonally unadjusted unemployment rates rose in nine of Michigan's 17 regional labor markets in June. State officials said Thursday the jobless rates worsened in some areas because it is difficult to find summer employment. In other areas, the end of auto industry labor disputes helped improve the jobless rates.
Regional unemployment rates are not seasonally adjusted. But national and state unemployment rates are adjusted to remove seasonal influences such as production cycles, holidays, model changeovers in the auto industry and climate conditions. Michigan's June seasonally adjusted jobless rate was 8.5 percent. The state has had the nation's highest annual average unemployment rate since 2006.
Jim Bohannon
