The Triad's unemployment rate maintained its up-and-down pattern of 2024 by rising to 3.7% in November, the N.C. Commerce Department reported Friday.

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Jobless claims dropped by 9,000 to 211,000 last week, the Labor Department reported Thursday. The four-week average of claims, which strips out week-to-week ups and downs, fell by 3,500 to 223,250.