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January payroll employment rises (+157,000); jobless rate essentially unchanged (7.9%)

02/01/2013

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 157,000 in January, and the unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 7.9 percent. Retail trade, construction, health care, and wholesale trade added jobs over the month.
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