Thread: Jobs Report Contest - July 2014

237,000 5.9

201,000 and 6.2%

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Jobs report Actual:

+209,000
6.2%

Originally Posted by Minnow

+210,000 6.1%

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Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 209,000 in July, and the unemployment rate
was little changed at 6.2 percent.


Bureau of Labor Statistics just released that this morning @ 08:30 a.m.

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm

Originally Posted by James48843

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 209,000 in July, and the unemployment rate
was little changed at 6.2 percent.


Bureau of Labor Statistics just released that this morning @ 08:30 a.m.

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Originally Posted by tsptalk

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Originally Posted by nnuut

Good guess Minnow!

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