Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 290,000 in April

Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 290,000 in April, the unemployment rate edged up to 9.9 percent (the rate had been 9.7 percent for the first 3 months of this year), and the labor force increased sharply, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.

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