New Jersey Jobless Rate Is 4.9 Percent and Rising. From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | Date: January 15, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2002 Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

By Kathleen Lynn, The Record, Hackensack, N.J. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jan. 15--Unemployment in New Jersey rose from 4.7 percent to 4.9 percent last month, continuing an upward trend that began a year ago, the state Labor Department said Monday.

Still, New Jersey's unemployment rate has been lower than the national rate for most of the past two years. In December, national unemployment was 5.8 percent, the highest in more than six years.

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