Vets employment improves as national jobless rate worsens

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Vets employment improves as national jobless rate worsens
By Leo Shane III
Mar 10, 12:18 PM
A hiring sign is displayed in the window of a Panera Bread store in Pittsburgh on Jan. 23. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)

The unemployment rate among veterans improved last month even as the national jobless rate slightly worsened, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday.

About 221,000 veterans seeking full-time employment were unable to find steady work last month, an unemployment rate of 2.5%. That’s down from 2.8% in February and is the lowest mark for the federal metric since last October.

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