The household figures were even stronger (with strength across the board):Companies in the U.S. added more jobs than forecast in August, easing concern the economy was falling back into recession.
Private payrolls that exclude government agencies climbed 67,000, after a revised 107,000 increase in July that was more than initially estimated, Labor Department figures in Washington showed today. The median estimate of economists surveyed by Bloomberg News called for a gain of 40,000. Overall employment fell 54,000 for a second month and the unemployment rate rose to 9.6 percent as more people entered the labor force.
Source: BLS
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