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December Employment Report: 50 thousand Jobs, 4.4% Unemployment Rate

From the BLS: <a href="http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm">Employment Situation</a> <br /> <blockquote>Both <b>total nonfarm payroll employment (+50,000) and the unemployment rate (4.4 percent)</b> changed little in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment continued to…

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