BLS Releases June 2016 Employment Situation (July 2016)

The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released employment data for June 2016. Unemployment rose 0.2 percentage points to 4.9% though nonfarm payroll employment increased by 287000.

Employment rose in the information sector after workers returned from a strike. There was also job growth in leisure and hospitality health care and social assistance and financial activities.

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