U.S. job market bounces back in November after weak numbers in previous month


WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (Xinhua) -- U.S. job growth bounced back in November after weak numbers in the previous month, with employers adding 227,000 jobs and the unemployment rate ticking up to 4.2 percent, the U.S. Labor Department reported Friday.

Employment trended up in health care, leisure and hospitality, government, and social assistance, according to the department's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Retail trade lost jobs.

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