US economy adds more jobs, but pay remains low and people looking for work has risen

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United States businesses added 227,000 jobs in January, way above economists' forecasts of about 175,000. The figure, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, compares with December's rise of 157,000, revised up slightly from last month's first estimate. However, average pay barely rose, and the number of people working part-time but looking for full-time work rose. Read full article

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chronic
Hoax indeed.

Divide the number employed by the population.

Quit playing games.
Feb 05th, 2017 - 02:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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