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The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has revised Statistical Policy Directive No. 15 updating the standards for maintaining, collecting, and presenting federal data on race and ethnicity. Read more about OMB Statistical Policy Directives.
Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 175,000 in April, and the unemployment rate changed little at 3.9 percent. Job gains occurred in health care, in social assistance, and in transportation and warehousing.
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