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September jobless rate inches up.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA)
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October 6, 2007
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Byline: Patricia Sabatini
Oct. 6--The nation's jobless rate rose a notch to 4.7 percent in September, up from 4.6 percent the previous month and the highest rate since August 2006, the Labor Department reported yesterday in a report that showed continuing declines in the U.S. housing sector.
A separate survey on hiring showed employers added 110,000 people to their payrolls last month, roughly in line with forecasts. The big news on payrolls was a hefty upward revision to the numbers in July and August, where the labor department uncovered an additional 118,000 jobs. Figures for August now show that instead of losing 4,000 jobs as previously reported, the country added ...