Massachusetts added nearly 14,000 jobs in July, bringing the net gain in the Bay State job market to 67,300 over the previous 12 months, or an average of more than 5,600 a month. Meanwhile, the state’s unemployment rate fell from 7.2 percent to 5.6 percent, below July’s national rate of 6.2 percent. Clearly, the state’s job market is in better shape today than it was a year ago. But will it continue? By a slight majority, voters in our Flash Poll for the week of Aug. 19 leaned toward yes.
