John Quinterno

CHAPEL HILL, NC (August 21, 2020) – In July, employers in North Carolina collectively added 57,200 more payroll jobs than they cut (+1.4 percent), with net gains in the government sector generating 76 percent of the total increase. The July household survey, meanwhile, recorded a rise in unemployment, with the statewide unemployment rate increasing to 8.5 percent and the number of unemployed perso