WASHINGTON, June 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. unemployment rate jumped to 9.4 percent in May, exceeding economists' expectations by 0.2 percent, the U.S. Labor Department said Friday.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. employment picture eroded sharply in November with unemployment jumping from 6.5 percent to 6.7 percent, the U.S. Labor Department said Friday.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. employment picture worsened dramatically in September with the loss of 159,000 non-farm jobs during the month, the U.S. Labor Department said Friday.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- The U.S. employment picture worsened in August with a 0.4 percent jump in the unemployment rate to 6.1 percent, the U.S. Labor Department said Friday.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. employment rose last month by 113,000, and the unemployment rate edged up to 4.8 percent from June's 4.6 percent.
WASHINGTON, June 8 (UPI) -- U.S. employment edged up last month by about 75,000, leaving the nation's unemployment rate steady at a historically low 4.6 percent.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- U.S. non-farm employment in January grew by a less-than-expected 193,000 but the unemployment rate dropped to 4.7 percent, the Labor Department said Friday.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- A growing service sector lifted U.S. employment last month beyond expectations and helped keep the nation's unemployment rate at 5 percent.
BEIJING, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- China's Ministry of Labor and Social Security said the urban unemployment rate dropped to 4.2 percent in 2004, according to state-run radio Thursday.
WASHINGTON, June 4 (UPI) -- U.S. payroll employment rose by 248,000 jobs in May, while the unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.6 percent, the Department of Labor said Friday.
