From the Senate Joint Economic Committee:
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today that 112,000 new payroll jobs were created in November, while the unemployment rate fell to 5.4 percent. November’s payroll jobs gains followed gains of 303,000 in October and 119,000 in September. Including the benchmark revision of the payroll survey that was released in October*, 2.4 million new payroll jobs have been created since August 2003. Over 2 million new payroll jobs have been created thus far in 2004.
Full release: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm
Highlights:
* During November, payroll employment increased by 112,000, while the unemployment rate fell to 5.4 percent.
* According to the payroll survey and including the benchmark revision, 2.4 million new jobs have been created since August 2003, and over 2 million new jobs have been created thus far in 2004.
Charts:
* How Many New Jobs?: http://jec.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Charts.Detail&Image_id=89
* 15 Straight Months of Payroll Job Growth: http://jec.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Charts.Detail&Image_id=84
* Unemployment Rate Declining: http://jec.senate.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Charts.Detail&Image_id=69






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