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More jobs in December, but jobless rate unchanged
WASHINGTON -- The unemployment rate held steady at 7.8 percent and employers added an additional 155,000 jobs in December, the government said Friday in an employment report that was neither hot nor cold. With the additional December jobs, employers added 1.835 million jobs in 2012, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In normal times, that'd be a good showing, but recovery from the Great Recession continues to lumber along and the hiring numbers aren't enough to bring down the high jobless rate.
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More jobs in December, but jobless rate unchanged
WASHINGTON -- The unemployment rate held steady at 7.8 percent and employers added an additional 155,000 jobs in December, the government said Friday in an employment report that was neither hot nor cold. With the additional December jobs, employers added 1.835 million jobs in 2012, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In normal times, that'd be a good showing, but recovery from the Great Recession continues to lumber along and the hiring numbers aren't enough to bring down the high jobless rate.
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