The good news keeps coming as Michigan's unemployment rate now matches the national rate. What a change since the hopeless days of 2008-9. Is your life/business better since those days? Mine sure is.

"LANSING — Michigan's monthly unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest point in nearly 15 years, the state said Wednesday.

The Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget said the seasonally adjusted jobless rate for January was 4.9 percent. That's down two-tenths of a percentage point from December and 1.1 percentage points below the January 2015 rate.

The Detroit-Warren-Dearborn Metropolitan Statistical Area's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in January decreased by two-tenths of a percentage point to 5.9 percent. January marked the first monthly jobless rate reduction in the area since August, although the region’s rates were fairly steady over the ensuing months.

Metro Detroit's jobless rate fell by a full percentage point January 2015 to January 2016. The Detroit area’s workforce grew by 14,000 or 0.7 percent over this period."

Full article at Crain's Detroit Business >>