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Monday, May 08, 2006

Job growth weak, but hourly wages are up / Unemployment rate holds at steady 4.7% in April report

Job growth weak, but hourly wages are up / Unemployment rate holds at steady 4.7% in April report
By Louis Uchitelle
Job growth slackened in April, the government reported Friday, but the hourly wages of ordinary workers jumped, and their pay is finally rising faster than inflation. The nation's employers added only 138,000 jobs, well below the average of 210,000 a...

 



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