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What will be the US unemployment rate for December 2011?

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What will be the US unemployment rate for December 2011?

Asked by: Super Userkruijs in Business » Economics
Settled on 01/08/2012 22:27 Settled by Super Userkruijs
Winning option:5 to 8.9% Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 200,000 in December, and the unemployment rate,
at 8.5 percent, continued to trend down, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
reported today. Job gains occurred in transportation and warehousing, retail trade,
manufacturing, health care, and mining.

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

Predictions
9.5% or higher50
3.3% →
9.0 to 9.4%
9.8% →
8.5 to 8.9%
50.3% →
8.0 to 8.4%
31.4% →
7.9% or lower
5.2% →

Background

The unemployment rate fell by 0.4 percentage point to 8.6 percent in November, and
nonfarm payroll employment rose by 120,000, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
reported today. Employment continued to trend up in retail trade, leisure and
hospitality, professional and business services, and health care. Government
employment continued to trend down.

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

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