- Nov. job gains, 203,000; jobless rate, 7.0%, By Paul Davidson, December 6, 2013, USA Today: “Employers added a better-than-expected 203,000 jobs in November, continuing a solid string of payroll gains and offering further evidence of a strengthening economic recovery. The unemployment rate fell to 7% from 7.3%, the lowest in five years, the Labor Department said Friday. Unemployment rose in October because the federal government furloughed about 450,000 workers during the 16-day shutdown. The jobless rate, in turn, was expected to fall in November as those employees were back at work…”
- U.S. economy adds 203,000 jobs November; unemployment rate down to 7 percent, By Ylan Q. Mui, December 6, 2013, Washington Post: “The U.S. economy added 203,000 jobs in November, according to government data released Friday morning, continuing several months of solid gains and raising hopes that the recovery is ready for takeoff. The Labor Department report also showed that the unemployment rate fell to 7 percent — the lowest level in five years. The decline reflected a pickup in hiring rather than a shrinking labor force, which has pushed down the jobless rate in previous months. An estimated 455,000 people joined the job market in November…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty