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In 2019, 4.9% of families include an unemployed person, down from 5.2% in 2018

In 2019, 4.9 percent of families included an unemployed person, down from 5.2 percent in 2018. Of the nation's 82.6 million families, 81.1 percent had at least one employed member in 2019.

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04/17/2020

March jobless rates up in 29 states, down in 3; payroll jobs down in 31 states

04/15/2020

Median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers are $957 in 1st quarter 2020

04/14/2020

U.S. import prices drop 2.3% in March, fuel prices fall 26.8%; export prices down 1.6%

04/10/2020

CPI for all items falls 0.4% in March as energy, airline fare indexes fall

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