U.S. employment rate rises despite jobs increase

... in the labor market as much as we'd feared," said Omair Sharif, a U.S. economist at RBS Securities Inc. in Stamford, Conn., who accurately forecast the gain in payrolls. "The unemployment rate rose for the right reasons. More folks are coming back ...

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