Friday, Aug 07, 2009
US: Non-farm payroll -247K
BLS: Employment Situation Summary
Nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline in July (-247,000), and the unemployment rate was little changed at 9.4 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The average monthly job loss for May through July (-331,000) was about half the average decline for November through April (-645,000). In July, job losses continued in many of the major industry sectors. In July, the number of unemployed persons was 14.5 million. The unemployment rate was 9.4 percent, little changed for the second consecutive month.
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1. little professor said...
Much better than expected. Maybe the recovereh is real after all?