Despite June uptick, San Jose's unemployment near record low

A month after revised job figures for May revealed the lowest unemployment rate on record for the two-county San Jose metro area, joblessness crept up a bit in June to 2.7 percent. That’s an unadjusted rate that will be revised over the next month, but still is very low by historical standards, according to the California Employment Development Department. “We see this (a June uptick in unemployment) as a seasonal norm,” said research specialist Nima Chhay of the EDD. Since June 2018, San…...