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BLS.gov

Nonfarm payroll employment grew by 243,000 in February, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 4.8 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Job gains occurred in construction, financial activities, health care, and several other industries.

What is full employment traditionally supposed to be? 5%?

Economics and Markets Posted by AlexC at March 10, 2006 4:47 PM