U.S. Bureau

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  Nonfarm payrolls up less than expected 115K

  By Press Release  |  May 4, 2012

  Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 115,000 in April, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 8.1%

• US added 227,000 jobs in February, unemployment unchanged at 8.3%

  By Press Release  |  March 9, 2012

  Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 227,000 in February, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 8.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today

• US economy adds 243,000 jobs in January, unemployment at 8.3%

  By Press Release  |  February 3, 2012

  Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 243,000 in January, and the unemployment rate decreased to 8.3 percent

• Gensler addresses American Bar Association on Dodd-Frank

  By Press Release  |  January 27, 2012

  Remarks of CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler to the American Bar Association, Committee on Derivatives and Futures Law

• Nonfarm payroll jumps 200,000, unemployment at 8.5%

  By Press Release  |  January 6, 2012

  Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 200,000 in December, and the unemployment rate, at 8.5 percent, continued to trend down, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today

• US economy adds 120,000 jobs, unemployment falls to 8.6%

  By Press Release  |  December 2, 2011

  The unemployment rate fell by 0.4 percentage point to 8.6 percent in November, and nonfarm payroll employment rose by 120,000, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today

• October added 80,000 jobs, unemployment at 9%

  By Press Release  |  November 4, 2011

  Nonfarm payroll employment continued to trend up in October (+80,000), and the unemployment rate was little changed at 9.0 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today

• Nonfarm payrolls grow by 103K in Sept; unemployment rate steady at 9.1%

  By Press Release  |  October 7, 2011

  Nonfarm payrolls for September grew a better than expected 103K; uneployment rate remains at 9.1%

• Nonfarm payroll unchanged in August; unemployment 9.1%

  By Press Release  |  September 2, 2011

  Nonfarm payroll employment was unchanged (0) in August, and the unemployment rate held at 9.1 percent

• Nonfarm payrolls rise 117K; unemployment rate drops slightly

  By Press Release  |  August 5, 2011

  The July employment report showed better than expected yet tepid growth of 117,000 new jobs. The unemployment rate dropped to 9.1% from 9.2%.