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wyldwolf

(43,891 posts)
Fri Mar 6, 2015, 09:04 AM Mar 2015

Unemployment Rate Falls to 5.5% [View all]

The U.S. economy added 295,000 workers to payrolls in February and the U.S. unemployment rate fell to 5.5%, Bloomberg reports.

“The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of 96 economists projected employment would rise by 235,000… The jobless rate was projected to drop to 5.6% from January’s 5.7%.”

http://politicalwire.com/2015/03/06/unemployment-rate-falls-to-5-5/

I know. 'It's not the REEEEAAALLL unemployment rate.'

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