Florida’s unemployment picture finished August on a high note with yet another drop in new filings.

The latest U.S. Department of Labor ( DOL ) numbers show there were 5,576 first-time unemployment filings in the Sunshine State for the week ending Aug. 30 . That’s down by 601 filings from the week ending Aug. 23 when there were 6,177 claims, after seasonal adjustments.

The latest DOL report accounts for the seventh week in a row that Florida has seen a decrease in claims. It’s a long stretch that counters the initial weeks of Summer when the weekly filings were volatile.

The latest drop in Florida is also one of the more significant declines in recent weeks. Even though the state is on a seven-week streak of declining filings, no other week in August recorded a drop of more

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