Jobless rate falls below 6%

South Carolina is basking in the news that the unemployment rate continues to drop, falling to six percent in August statewide.  Oconee County’s jobless rate fared event better.  It dropped to 5.8% in August, from the July figure of 6.2%.  Under a big tent on the grounds today of one large Oconee employer, there’s to be a celebration of the recent expansion at Greenfield Industries TDC Cutting Tools.  Two new buildings have been completed there, and one of them houses the company’s world headquarters outside China.