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December 2011

Over the Month

•    Total nonfarm payroll employment up 100
•    Goods-producing sector unchanged
•    Service-providing sector up 200
•    Total unemployment up 1,000
•    Unemployment rate up eight-tenths of a   percentage point to 8.4 percent

Over the Year
                                                              
•    Total nonfarm payroll employment up 300
•    Goods-producing sector up 800
•    Service-providing sector down 500
•    Total unemployment down 2,400
•    Unemployment rate down one and eight-tenths percentage points from 10.2 percent.