Expert: Don't expect NJ unemployment rate to get much better

April 4, 2016

But don’t expect the state unemployment rate to drop much lower.

According to James W. Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, the jobless rate rarely dips below 4 percent, even when the economy is going like gangbusters.

NJ1015.com, April 4

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