US Nonfarm Payroll Employment Situation
Barani Krishnan
DTN Refined Fuels Market Reporter
December November * Expectations
Jobs 50,000 56,000 70,000
Unemployment Rate 4.4% 4.6% 4.5%
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Econoday
* Revised from 64,000
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