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denem

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Fri Mar 9, 2012, 02:12 PM Mar 2012

Employment: Dec/Jan/Feb 752,000 additional Private Sector Jobs

Over the same period, -8.000 Government Jobs
Headline Unemployment rate down to 8.3% from 8.5%
U6 Unemployment/Underemployment down to 14.9% from 15.2% cf 16.7% Feb 2011

Employment rises include:

111.000 Manufacturing
95,700 Professional and Business Services (non permanent)
134,000 Professional and Business Services (permanent)
141,000 Health and Education

Source: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf

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