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OPA News Release: [05/02/2008]
Contact Name: Jennifer Coxe
Phone Number: (202) 693-4676
Release Number: 08-0611-NAT
Statement of U.S. Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao
on April employment numbers
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao issued the following statement on the April employment situation report released today:
"In today's better than expected jobs report, both payroll employment and the unemployment rate were essentially unchanged from last month. While we continued to see declines in construction and manufacturing, the service-providing sector of the economy showed an encouraging increase of 90,000 jobs. The economic stimulus checks, some of which have already been mailed out, should help working families cope with the very real short term challenges of the current economy."
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