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The Labor Department reported that the headline unemployment rate dropped to a 50-year low and that nonfarm payrolls grew more than expected.
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Heard Editors, WSJ, 6 Jan. 2023
The chart shows the trajectory of employment, the monthly growth in nonfarm payrolls, during the recession that started in December 1973.
—Joseph W. Sullivan, National Review, 19 Dec. 2022
Total nonfarm employment statewide topped 13.6 million in October, the 12th consecutive month that Texas has set a record high for that metric.
—Dallas News, 18 Nov. 2022
As pressure from the Fed’s war on inflation builds, nonfarm payrolls will begin shrinking early next year, translating to a loss of about 175,000 jobs a month during the first quarter, the bank said.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 10 Oct. 2022
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Heard Editors, WSJ, 6 Jan. 2023
The chart shows the trajectory of employment, the monthly growth in nonfarm payrolls, during the recession that started in December 1973.
—Joseph W. Sullivan, National Review, 19 Dec. 2022
Total nonfarm employment statewide topped 13.6 million in October, the 12th consecutive month that Texas has set a record high for that metric.
—Dallas News, 18 Nov. 2022
As pressure from the Fed’s war on inflation builds, nonfarm payrolls will begin shrinking early next year, translating to a loss of about 175,000 jobs a month during the first quarter, the bank said.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 10 Oct. 2022
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“Nonfarm.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonfarm. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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