Unemployment Rate Remains at 8.3%

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by Sean Hackbarth
Mar 9, 2012
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics released February 2012's jobs numbers:

Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 227,000 in February, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 8.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment rose in professional and businesses services, health care and social assistance, leisure and hospitality, manufacturing, and mining.

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