(CNSNews.com) – The number of employed Americans increased 472,000 to
153,000,000 in March, setting a second straight monthly record; and the
number of unemployed persons dropped by 326,000 to 7.2 million.
That brought the nation’s unemployment rate down two-tenths of a point to 4.5 percent.
The
Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics said the labor force
participation rate remained flat at 63 percent in March; and the number
of Americans not in the labor force increased slightly to 94,213,000, up
23,000 from February’s 94,190,000.
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