The job market in 2000: slowing down as the year ended (ABSTRACT), Monthly Labor Review Online, February 2001

The job market in 2000: slowing down as the year ended

Jennifer L. Martel
Economist, Division of Labor Force Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

David S. Langdon
Economist, Division of Monthly Industry Employment Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

As the unemployment rate edged down to a 31-year low, the job market entered an unprecedented 10th year of expansion, though job growth slowed a bit in the second half of the year

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