December 2013 Unemployment Rate Declines (6.7%); Payroll Employment Edges Up (+74,000)

by Gary Kopycinski on January 10, 2014

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Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—January 10, 2014. The unemployment rate declined from 7.0 percent to 6.7 percent in December, while total nonfarm payroll employment edged up (+74,000), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment rose in retail trade and wholesale trade but was down in information.