The weaker than expected 10,700 decline in employment in November and the uptick in the unemployment rate to 6.6%, from 6.5%, can be forgiven since it comes after extraordinarily strong job reports in the previous two months. The trend over the past six months still suggests the economy might finally be turning the corner.
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