Accounting Loses 4,400 Jobs in November

Continuing choppy up-and-down pattern, says BLS today.

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In the strongest jobs report since the recession began, the government reported today that the nation had practically staunched its jobs hemorrhaging, months ahead of anticipation.

The Labor Department reported 11,000 jobs jobs lost in November, driving the unemployment rate down to 10%,  from 10.2% in October.

In the Accounting and Bookkeeping Services Sector, the job loss was 4,400, declining from a workforce of 935,000 in October, to 931,000 in November, on a seasonally adjusted basis.

November’s seasonally-adjusted five-tenths of one percent retreat followed a