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Abstract
Highlights of this first release of “Kentucky Economic Update” include:
- Kentucky’s GDP bounced back during the 3rd quarter of 2020 but was still below pre-pandemic levels.
- While employment was still down 5.2% in December compared to a year ago, Kentucky has recovered 65% of jobs lost during initial months of the pandemic.
- As of December 2020, Kentucky’s unemployment rate stood at 6%, down from 16.6% in April 2020.
- Kentucky’s labor participation rate, which was 59.6% just before the pandemic dropped to 57.5% in December 2020.
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
2-2021
Repository Citation
Watts, Ashli and Clark, Michael W., "Kentucky's Economic Recovery" (2021). Kentucky Economic Update. 1.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/cber_updates/1
