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US Unemployment Rate Rises Slightly; Wages Grow

by VOA News

   The U.S. unemployment rate rose slightly from 4.6 percent to 4.7
   percent, and the economy had a net gain of 156,000 jobs in December,
   according to a Labor Department report.

   The job growth was a bit less than economists expected.

   [1]Friday's report also says wages grew around four-tenths of a percent
   or 10 cents an hour. Wages grew 2.9 percent over the last year, which
   is more than the rate of inflation.

References

   1. https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm