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December Employment Report: 50 thousand Jobs, 4.4% Unemployment Rate

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December Employment Report: 50 thousand Jobs, 4.4% Unemployment Rate
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From the BLS: Employment Situation
Both total nonfarm payroll employment (+50,000) and the unemployment rate (4.4 percent)
changed little in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment
continued to trend up in food services and drinking places, health care, and social
assistance. Retail trade lost jobs.
...
The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for October was revised down by 68,000, from
-105,000 to -173,000, and the change for November was revised down by

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