Prospective employers and job seekers interact during during a job fair on Sept. 22, 2021, in the West Hollywood section of Los Angeles. The California Employment Development Department said Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, that the state’s unemployment rate was 3.9% in July. That’s the lowest since 1976 when the state began using its current method of measuring job growth ( Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Paul Wiseman AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy shrank at a 0.6% annual rate from April through June, the government said Thursday…