Payrolls Fall as Census Layoffs Continue
September 3, 2010 No CommentsThe economy lost 54,000 jobs last month as the federal government continued to lay off Census workers, according to the latest employment report. The number of Census workers reached a peak of 564,000 in May, but in August it dropped to 82,000 workers, the Labor Department reported today. The jobless rate rose slightly, from 9.5 ...