Flatlining: October Brought 14,100 New Jobs to Connecticut as Recovery Continues to Slow.

October brought disappointing news to Connecticut’s unemployed. The state recovered only 14,100 new jobs, down from the 18,000 added in September, according to state labor department figures.

There were 100,000 fewer jobs in Connecticut in October than in February, the last figures before the global health pandemic struck the state in March.

The declining increase in monthly job increase will prove a challenge to policymakers as the state copes with an expected winter surge in inflections of the coronavirus before a vaccine becomes widely available.