THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION —JUNE 2013

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 195,000 in June, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 7.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. 

Employment rose in leisure and hospitality, professional and business services, retail trade, health care, and financial
activities.

THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- DECEMBER 2012

Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 155,000 in December, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 7.8 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. 

Employment increased in health care, food services and drinking places, construction, and manufacturing.

Household Survey Data

The number of unemployed persons, at 12.2 million, was little changed
in December. The unemployment rate held at 7.8 percent and has been at
or near that level since September. (See table A-1.)

THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- NOVEMBER 2012

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 146,000 in November, and the unemployment rate edged down to 7.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. 

Employment increased in retail trade, professional and business services, and health care.

Among the marginally attached, there were 979,000 discouraged workers in November, little changed from a year earlier.

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Statistical Summary

Current Economic Forecast

2012

Real Growth in Gross Domestic Product (revised): +1.0- +2.0%
Inflation (revised): 2.5-3.5 %
Growth in Corporate Profits (revised): 5-10%

2013

Real Growth in Gross Domestic Product +1.0-+2.0
Inflation 2.0-2.5
Corporate Profits 0-7%

THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- MARCH 2012

Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 120,000 in March, and the unemploymen trate was little changed at 8.2 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

Employment rose in manufacturing, food services and drinking places, and health care, but was down in retail trade.

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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- FEBRUARY 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.

Employment rose in professional and businesses services, health care and social assistance, leisure and hospitality, manufacturing, and mining.

Household Survey Data

The number of unemployed persons, at 12.8 million, was essentially unchanged in February. The unemployment rate held at 8.3 percent, 0.8 percentage point below the August 2011 rate. (See table A-1.)

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THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- SEPTEMBER 2011 (Detailed Breakdown)

Nonfarm payroll employment edged up by 103,000 in September, and the unemployment rate held at 9.1 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

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The increase in employment partially reflected the return to payrolls of about 45,000, telecommunications workers who had been on strike in August. In September, job gains occurred in professional and business services, health care, and construction.

Government employment continued to trend down.