The economy added 163,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in July, the Labor Department said on Friday, a jump up from June’s figure of 64,000 jobs. But the unemployment rate rose to 8.3 percent.
By CATHERINE RAMPELL, New York Times
Fri, 08/03/2012 - 6:01am
The economy added 163,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in July, the Labor Department said on Friday, a jump up from June’s figure of 64,000 jobs. But the unemployment rate rose to 8.3 percent.