The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.7% in November, the lowest in almost four years, as employers added 146,000 jobs, the Labor Department said Friday.
December 7, 2012Business
Payrolls Rise as Unemployment Rate Ticks Up to 7.9%
U.S. employers added 171,000 jobs in October and the unemployment rate ticked up a tenth of a point to 7.9% as more people entered the labor force, the Labor Department reported Friday.
November 2, 2012Business
Unemployment Rate Drops to 7.8%; Trucking Adds 700 Jobs
The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.8% in September, the lowest since January 2009, from 8.1% in August as employers added 114,000 people to payrolls including 700 in the trucking industry, the Labor Department reported Friday.
October 5, 2012Business
Unemployment Rate Drops to 8.1%; Trucking Adds 1,400 Jobs
U.S. employers added 96,000 jobs in August, and the unemployment rate fell to 8.1%, from 8.3% a month earlier, the Labor Department said Friday.
September 7, 2012Business
Unemployment Rate Holds at 8.2%, Trucking Gains 2,000 Jobs
The U.S. unemployment rate held at 8.2% in June and trucking employment improved by 2,000 jobs, the Labor Department said Friday.
July 6, 2012Business
Unemployment Rate Rises to 8.2%; Trucking Gains Jobs
The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 8.2% in May from April’s three-year-low 8.1%, but trucking and transportation employment improved, the Labor Department said Friday.
June 1, 2012Business
Trucking Adds Jobs as Unemployment Falls to Three-Year Low 8.1%
The April unemployment rate fell to a three-year low 8.1% and the trucking industry gained 1,800 jobs, the Labor Department said Friday.
May 4, 2012Business
Unemployment Rate Drops to Three-Year Low 8.2%; Trucking Jobs Decline
The U.S. unemployment declined to 8.2% in March — the lowest in three years — but trucking jobs fell by 1,900, the Labor Department said Friday.
April 6, 2012Business
Unemployment Rate Holds at 8.3%; Trucking Adds 10,000 Jobs
The U.S. unemployment rate held at 8.3% in February, and trucking added more than 10,000 jobs, the Labor Department said Friday.
March 9, 2012Business
Unemployment Rate Declines to 8.3%; Trucking Adds 5,300 Jobs
The unemployment rate dropped in January to 8.3%, the lowest almost in three years, while the economy added 243,000 jobs, including 5,300 trucking jobs, the Labor Department said Friday.
February 3, 2012