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Unemployment rate declines to 3.5% in September; payroll employment increases by 136,000

10/04/2019

The unemployment rate declined to 3.5 percent in September, and total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 136,000. Employment in health care and in professional and business services continued to trend up.
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