Report from the U.S. Department of Labor statistics: The not-so bad news: Nonfarm payroll employment continued to deteriorate this month (down 539,000), but slowed somewhat from last month’s decline (down 633,000). The number of unemployed persons increased by 563,000 (less than last month’s increase of 851,000). Total unemployment has risen from 11.6 million (7.6%) in [...]
