Unemployment

Karen Z. (United States of America)
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  1. job
    a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty
    Employers added just 12,500 jobs to payrolls in January, pushing the unemployment rate down to 12.4%, from 12.5% in December.
  2. rate
    a quantity considered as a proportion of another quantity
    Employers added just 12,500 jobs to payrolls in January, pushing the unemployment rate down to 12.4%, from 12.5% in December.
  3. labor
    any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted
    The nation's labor market was also weak in January, when employers added just 63,000 jobs.
  4. accord
    concurrence of opinion
    But it began to pick up in February, according to a new report out Friday, which showed that U.S. employers added 192,000 jobs in that month.
  5. fell
    cause to go down by or as if by delivering a blow
    The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 8.9% in February, down from 9% in January.
  6. nation
    a politically organized body of people under a government
    The nation's labor market was also weak in January, when employers added just 63,000 jobs.
Created on Fri Mar 04 16:15:49 EST 2011

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