STATE LOSES JOBS, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPS

New Jersey’s unemployment rate fell, but so did the amount of jobs in the state. The new data was released for Jan. and showed the new jobless rate in the state is 7.1 percent. Exactly one year ago, the state had an 8.9 percent unemployment rate. The new data also says the state lost 3,900 jobs for Jan. New Jersey had a 7.3 jobless rate in Dec.