Under Gov. Bill Haslam’s Leadership, Tennessee Unemployment Falls To All-Time Low

Thanks to GOP Governor Bill Haslam’s focus on pro-growth, pro-jobs policies, Tennessee’s unemployment rate has fallen to an all-time low. The unemployment rate fell last month to 3.7% in June, the lowest in state history and nearly a full percentage point below the national unemployment rate. Under Governor Haslam’s common sense conservative policies that promote job growth and expand opportunity, Tennessee is setting a new standard for economic success.

The Tennessean reports:

“Tennessee’s unemployment rate last month was the lowest in state history, Gov. Bill Haslam announced Thursday.

The state had a preliminary seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 3.6 percent in June…

Haslam said the unemployment figures came after decisions made by his administration and the state legislature. ‘We honestly think this is a result of the policies put in place by the state of Tennessee and the General Assembly,’ he said.

The state’s previous low for unemployment rate was 3.7 percent in March 2000.

The last time Tennessee’s unemployment rate was below 4 percent was in February 2001.”