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Payroll Employment Rises by 252,000 in December 2014; Unemployment Rate Declines to 5.6%

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 9, 2015. Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 252,000 in December, and the unemployment rate declined to 5.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Job gains occurred in professional and business services, construction, food services and drinking places, health care, and manufacturing.

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