The upbeat employment picture in Florida this Summer is continuing as the number of of new unemployment filings dropped again.

The U.S. Department of Labor ( DOL ) released another first-time unemployment report showing Florida had 5,968 claims during the week ending Aug. 23. That’s down by 175 from the 6,143 reported for the week ending Aug. 16 .

It’s the sixth week in a row that Florida has seen a decrease in that figure.

The back half of the Summer differs from previous weeks, as new unemployment reports fluctuated up and down in Florida in June and early July.

In the most recent report, Florida fell in line with the national trend. The U.S. as a whole also saw a decrease in claims last week, with 191,289 filings. That’s a modest decrease from the week before, falling by

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