Connecticut added 2,100 jobs in November, and its unemployment rate declined to 4.7 percent, state regulators reported Thursday. The unemployment rate in October was 5.1 percent. November’s declining 4.7 percent jobless rate is now seven-tenths of a point lower than it was a year ago. The construction and mining supersector dropped off sharply, with a loss of 1,800 jobs. Manufacturing lost 300 jobs and professional and business services lost 200 jobs.
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