According to the Labor Department, employers added 88,000 jobs in March as the unemployment rate fell from 7.7 to 7.6 percent.
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BLS Employment Situation Report: February 2013
In February, unemployment in the U.S. fell to 7.7 percent, its lowest point in four years according to the Labor Department, as 236,000 new jobs were added.
Analysis of October 2011 Employment Report
According to the Labor Department, 104,000 private sector jobs were added to the U.S. economy in October, while state governments were largely responsible for a loss of 24,000 positions in the public sector. Nonfarm payroll employment rose 80,000 in October and the unemployment rate fell from 9.1 to 9.0 percent. While the total job gain was lower than that of the last few months, there have been substantial upward revisions in recent months. September’s private sector gain, for example, was originally reported at 137,000 and was subsequently revised up to 191,000 in the Labor Department’s most recent report.