title="http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf">http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf
).
Highlights of
the report:
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The unemployment rate declined to 4.4% in
October, down from 4.6% in September.
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Non-farm payroll employment increased by 92,000
in October, following increases of 148,000 in September and 230,000 in August.
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Over the year ending in October, over 2.3
million new payroll jobs have been created, including the preliminary estimate
of the next benchmark revision.
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Jeffrey Wrasestyle='color:blue'>
Chief Economist
to the Vice Chairman
Joint Economic
Committee
G-07
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