Unemployment has dropped, to 7.9 percent, half the rate of a few years ago but twice the state average.

Unemployment has dropped to its lowest level in four years.

As if to emphasize the point, unemployment dropped again, to 4 percent.

After seven years of economic expansion, unemployment dropped below 5 percent last fall for the first time since the early 70's.

Unemployment has dropped below 6 percent, the lowest in more than 20 years.

Unemployment has dropped by half since Nafta took effect in 1994, yet it is still above the national average.

Unemployment drops to a total of 170,000, or about 13%.

The figures showed that unemployment dropped by 14,300 in June, to a total of 2,152,000.

As a result, unemployment has dropped sharply from 33% to 12%.

The agency forecasts that unemployment will drop to 3.1 percent next year.