Unemployment Rate Decreases to 7.8% in September; Payroll Employment Rises By 114,000

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 5, 2012.  The unemployment rate decreased to 7.8 percent in September, and total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 114,000, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in health care and in transportation and warehousing but changed little in most other major industries.

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The unemployment rate declined by 0.3 percentage point to 7.8 percent in September. For the first 8 months of the year, the rate held within…