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Payroll employment rises by 266,000 in April; unemployment rate changes little at 6.1%

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 266,000 in April, and the unemployment rate was little changed at 6.1 percent. Job gains in leisure and hospitality, other services, and local government education were partly offset by losses in temporary help services and in couriers and messengers.

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05/06/2021

Productivity increases 5.4% in Q1 2021; unit labor costs decrease 0.3% (annual rates)

04/30/2021

Compensation costs up 0.9% Dec 2020 to Mar 2021 and up 2.6% over the year ending Mar 2021

04/29/2021

Consumer expenditures July 2019-June 2020 are 1.1% lower than prior midyear period

04/29/2021

Productivity rises in 42 of 90 manufacturing and mining industries in 2020

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