UNEMPLOYMENT in the Providence metro area was 3.3% in September, level with the national unemployment rate. / BLOOMBERG NEWS FILE PHOTO/JEFF KOWALSKY
PROVIDENCE – The jobless rate in the Providence-Warwick-Fall River metropolitan area in September was 3.3%, a 0.3 percentage-point decline year over year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said in a national report on Wednesday. The BLS said that jobless rates declined in 284 of 389 metro areas in the United States. The U.S. unemployment rate…