Unemployment Rate Was 8.9 In February, New Data Shows
The unemployment rate ticked down one tenth of a percent to 8.9 in February as 192,000 jobs were added to the economy, a new report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics says.
Job gains were in manufacturing (33,000 jobs), construction (33,000), professional and business services (47,000), health care (34,000), and transportation and warehousing (22,000).
The number of long-term unemployed (out of work for 27 weeks or more) remained at 6 million, or 43.9 percent of all unemployed.
In addition, 2.7
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