Friday, December 6, 2013

More Positive Jobs News

Today's report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on November's job market shows steady economic growth, with 203,000 jobs created and the unemployment rate dropping to 7%.  Most encouraging is the job growth in good paying jobs:  manufacturing jobs grew by 27,000 and construction jobs grew by 17,000.

The November figures represent the fourth straight month of good growth in job creation, and take the unemployment rate to the lowest in 5 years.