November 2012 Payroll Employment Rises (+146,000); Unemployment Rate Edges Down (7.7%)

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—December 7, 2012. Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 146,000 in November, and the unemployment rate edged down to 7.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in retail trade, professional and business services, and health care.

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