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Statement of U.S. Labor Secretary Perez on March 2015 Employment Numbers

WASHINGTON —(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2015.  U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement about the March 2015 Employment Situation report released today:

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“The economy added 126,000 new jobs in March (129,000 in the private sector), extending the longest streak of private sector job growth on record to 61 consecutive months, with 12.1 million jobs created over that time. The unemployment rate held steady at 5.5 percent. Long-term unemployment fell to 1.6 percent, down…

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