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Just in; Unemeployment rate down to 6 from 6.1. Rate was 6.4 in June, which means this is a trend. This reported drop added 126,000 jobs and was almost twice the 65,000 forcasted.

U.S. Aug nonfarm payrolls fell 93,000 Friday September 5, 8:28 am ET WASHINGTON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - U.S. Labor Department seasonally adjusted jobs data. In 1,000s, Change Aug July (Prev) June (Prev) in Nonfarm Payrolls -93 -49 -44 -83 -72 Jobless Rate (Pct) 6.1 6.2 6.2 6.4 6.4 Earnings, Hours of Private, Non-Farm Production workers: . Aug July (Prev) June (Prev) Avg Weekly Hours 33.6 33.6 33.6 33.7 33.7 Manufacturing Hours 40.1 40.1 40.1 40.3 40.3 Overtime Hours 4.1 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 Earnings/Hour (dlrs) 15.45 15.43 15.44 15.38 15.39 Pct change 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 Non-Farm Month-On-Month Payroll...

U.S. July nonfarm payrolls fell 44,000 Friday August 1, 8:29 am ET WASHINGTON, Aug 1 (Reuters) - U.S. Labor Department seasonally adjusted jobs data. In 1,000s, Change July June (Prev) May (Prev) in Nonfarm Payrolls -44 -72 -30 -76 -70 Jobless Rate (Pct) 6.2 6.4 6.4 6.1 6.1 Earnings, Hours of Private, Non-Farm Production workers: . July June (Prev) May (Prev) Avg Weekly Hours 33.6 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.7 Manufacturing Hours 40.1 40.3 40.2 40.2 40.2 Overtime Hours 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.0 Earnings/Hour (dlrs) 15.44 15.39 15.38 15.35 15.35 Pct change 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 Non-Farm Month-On-Month Payroll...

U.S. jobs show steeper-than-expected drop in March Friday April 4, 8:30 am ET WASHINGTON, April 4 (Reuters) - U.S. payrolls dropped by a worse-than-expected 108,000 in March, the government said on Friday in a report that highlighted the economy's fragility amid a war with Iraq that many analysts say has dampened hiring. But the unemployment rate managed to stay steady at 5.8 percent last month, defying expectations that it would creep higher. A closely watched report by the Labor Department showed that the March payroll decline was steeper than the 29,000 decrease projected by U.S. economists in a Reuters survey....

UPDATE - US jobless rate up, but payrolls show mild drop Friday June 6, 8:57 am ET By Caren Bohan (Adds market, analyst reaction, more details)WASHINGTON, June 6 (Reuters) - The U.S. unemployment rate rose in May to its highest level in nearly nine years but an unexpectedly mild jobs drop and an overhaul earlier figures fueled hopes the soft economy may be poised for a pickup. Equity futures prices and the dollar gained while bond prices eased following Friday's key employment report from the Labor Department. The unemployment rate inched up to 6.1 percent, the highest level since July...

U.S. April nonfarm payrolls fell 48,000 Friday May 2, 8:29 am ET WASHINGTON, May 2 (Reuters) - U.S. Labor Department seasonally adjusted jobs data. In 1,000s, Change April March (Prev) Feb (Prev) in Nonfarm Payrolls -48 -124 -108 -353 -357 Jobless Rate (Pct) 6.0 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 Earnings, Hours of Private, Non-Farm Production workers: April March (Prev) Feb (Prev) Avg Weekly Hours 34.0 34.3 34.3 34.1 34.1 Manufacturing Hours 40.5 40.8 40.8 40.8 40.8 Overtime Hours 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.1 Earnings/Hour (dlrs) 15.11 15.09 15.10 15.08 15.08 Pct change 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.6 Non-Farm Month-On-Month Payroll Changes...

U.S. June nonfarm payrolls fell 30,000 Thursday July 3, 8:32 am ET WASHINGTON, July 3 (Reuters) - U.S. Labor Department seasonally adjusted jobs data. In 1,000s, Change June May (Prev) April (Prev) in Nonfarm Payroll -30 -70 -17 -22 unch Jobless Rate (Pct) 6.4 6.1 6.1 6.0 6.0 Earnings, Hours of Private, Non-Farm Production workers: . June May (Prev) April (Prev) Avg Weekly Hours 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.7 33.8 Manufacturing Hour 40.2 40.2 40.2 40.1 40.4 Overtime Hours 4.0 4.0 4.1 4.0 4.1 Earnings/Hour (dlr 15.38 15.35 15.34 15.30 15.29 Pct change 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.1 unch Non-Farm Month-On-Month Payroll...

Fri March 7, 2003 08:34 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of workers on U.S. payrolls plunged in February at the sharpest rate since November 2001 and the jobless rate rose to 5.8 percent, the government said on Friday in a shockingly gloomy economic report. The Labor Department said payroll jobs outside the farm sector declined by 308,000 last month -- in contrast to expectations in a Reuters poll that they would rise by 8,000. Payrolls had risen by 185,000 in January, a number that was revised up from the originally reported 143,000 gain. The jobless rate climbed one-tenth...