What Recession? Accounting Industry Adds 2,300 Jobs in August

While U.S. economy loses 216,000 jobs and unemployment hits 9.7 percent.

In today’s monthly employment situation data release, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that total employment in the nation’s accounting and bookkeeping services sector climbed by a seasonally adjusted 2,300 jobs in August from July, to stand at a head count of 943,900.