By The Associated Press
WASHINGTON» Unemployment fell in 230 metro areas last month, the broadest improvement since May.
Nationwide, unemployment ticked up in August to 9.6 percent from 9.5 percent the previous month. Businesses added a net total of 67,000 jobs, but about twice as many temporary census jobs ended.
The Denver-Aurora-Broom-field rate fell to 8.1 percent in August from 8.2 percent in July but was up from 8 percent in August 2009.
The metro report does not adjust its figures to take into account seasonal trends such as high unemployment among agricultural workers before fall harvests begin. As a result, the figures can differ from the national trend and can be volatile from month to month.
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