December 2011:
Over the Month
• Total nonfarm payroll employment down 1,000
• Goods-producing down 600
• Service-providing sector down 400
• Total unemployment up 1,400
• Unemployment rate is up eight-tenths of a
percentage point to 7.0 percent
Over the Year
• Total nonfarm payroll employment up 900
• Goods-producing sector up 1,000
• Service-providing sector down 100
• Total unemployment down 2,300
• Unemployment rate down one and three-tenths
percentage points from 8.3 percent
