Today’s Jobs Report

The unemployment rate fell to 4.5% for February, although it’s still above the 4.4% it reached in October. In the last 50 years, the current jobless rate is the 102nd lowest of 600 months.

The economy added 97,000 jobs last month, and the job growth numbers for December and January were both revised higher. Here’s a look at non-farm payrolls:

Posted by Eddy Elfenbein on March 9th, 2007 at 10:20 am

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