Oakland County’s October unemployment rate is the lowest it has been since 2008 as the county continues to outperform the region and the state. The not-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for October was 7.8 percent in Oakland County. The Detroit MSA was 9 percent and the State of Michigan was 8.3 percent. Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson said the numbers validate the county’s economic diversification efforts in the knowledge-based economy through initiatives such as Emerging … [Read more...]