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OPA News Release: [11/01/2002]
Contact Name: Kathleen
Harrington
Phone Number: (202) 693-4676
Statement of U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao on
Unemployment Numbers for October 2002
WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao reported
today that the October unemployment rate was 5.7 percent, essentially the same
as in September. Non-farm payroll employment held at 130.9 million.
Chao said, “We see sideways movement for a second month in a row
with little overall payroll employment changes. This month’s unemployment
rate was essentially the same as in September.”
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