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Friday, December 08, 2017

Breaking News: The U.S. economy added 228,000 jobs in November, a sign that hiring remains strong eight years into the current recovery

The Labor Department released its official hiring and unemployment figures for November on Friday morning, providing the latest snapshot of the American economy.

■ 228,000 jobs were added last month. Wall Street economists had expected an increase of about 200,000, according to Bloomberg.
■ The unemployment rate was 4.1 percent, unchanged from October, when it was the lowest since 2000.
■ Average earnings rose by 5 cents an hour and are up 2.5 percent over the past year.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Average earnings rose by 5 cents an hour - don't spend it all in one place!

Anonymous said...

Snowflakes will jump on this, reminding all the 7 of 8 years were with Barry!