EMPLOYMENT SITUATION - December 2009

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The latest Employment Situation news release
(http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf)
was issued today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Highlights are below.
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Nonfarm payroll employment edged down (-85,000) in December, and the
unemployment rate was unchanged at 10.0 percent. Employment fell in
construction, manufacturing, and wholesale trade, while temporary help
services and health care added jobs.


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