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Unemployment Hits 9.8%

October 2, 2009 · Publius · Print This Article

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the early numbers for the September job situation today:

Nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline in September
(-263,000), and the unemployment rate (9.8 percent) continued to trend up. The largest job losses were in construction,
manufacturing, retail trade, and government.

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