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295,000 Jobs Added in February, Unemployment Hits 7 Year Low

ByKyle W. Bell March 6, 2015March 10, 2015

The US economy added 295,000 jobs in the month of February. The brisk pace of hiring continues a hot streak in the job market where each of the previous twelve months saw monthly gains of more than 200,000 jobs. A mix of job growth and workers dropping out of the labor market was enough to…

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2014 Best Year for Job Gains Since 1999 as US Adds 252,000 Jobs in December

ByKyle W. Bell January 9, 2015January 13, 2015

The United States economy last year experienced the strongest job growth since 1999 with nearly 3 million jobs created in 2014. New government data shows that the economy added 252,000 jobs in December. That helped the unemployment rate dip to 5.6 percent, down from 6.6 percent in January 2014. The unemployment rate is at its…