The latest Employment Situation news release

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The latest Employment Situation news release
([url]http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf[/url])
was issued today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Highlights are below.
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Nonfarm payroll employment continued to trend down in June (-62,000),
while the unemployment rate held at 5.5 percent. Employment continued
to fall in construction, manufacturing, and employment services, while
health care and mining added jobs. Average hourly earnings rose by 6
cents, or 0.3 percent, over the month.

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