U-3 shows unemployment rates slightly slower

Unemployment rates were lower in March in 37 states and stable in 13 states and the District of Columbia, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. All 50 states and the District had jobless rate decreases from a year earlier. By the U-3 chart, the national unemployment rate, 3.6 percent, declined by 0.2 percentage point over the month and was 2.4 points lower than...