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To: Ilaine who wrote (160981)	3/17/2006 12:44:11 PM
From: John Carragher	Respond to of 793597

somebody got more income in the last year. THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION: FEBRUARY 2006 Nonfarm payroll employment grew by 243,000 in February, and the unemploy- ment rate was little changed at 4.8 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Job gains occurred in con- struction, financial activities, health care, and several other industries. Unemployment (Household Survey Data) Both the number of unemployed persons, 7.2 million, and the unemployment rate, 4.8 percent, were little changed in February. A year earlier, the num- ber of unemployed was 8.0 million, and the jobless rate was 5.4 percent.