Analysis

Payroll Employment Rises by 242,000 in February 2016; Unemployment Rate Unchanged at 4.9%

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 4, 2016.

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Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 242,000 in February, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.9 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment gains occurred in health care and social assistance, retail trade, food services and drinking places, and private educational services. Job losses continued in mining.

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In February, the unemployment rate held at 4.9 percent, and the number of unemployed persons, at 7.8…

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