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WASHINGTON — Unemployment fell in 230 metro areas last month, the broadest improvement since May.
Nationwide, unemployment ticked up in August to 9.6 percent from 9.5 percent the previous month. Businesses added a net total of 67,000 jobs, but about twice as many temporary census jobs ended.
The Denver-Aurora-Broomfield rate fell to 8.1 percent in August from 8.2 percent in July but was up from 8 percent in August 2009.
The metro report does not adjust its figures to take into account seasonal trends such as high unemployment among agricultural workers before fall harvests begin. As a result, the figures can differ from the national trend and can be volatile from month to month.
