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BLS Statistics - Economic News Releases

Economic News Releases

Employment Situation

February 06, 2009
Nonfarm payroll employment fell sharply in January (-598,000) and the unemployment rate rose from 7.2 to 7.6 percent. Payroll employment has declined by 3.6 million since December 2007; about one-half of this decline occurred in the past 3 months. In January, job losses were large and widespread. Full Text »