The U.S. labor market appears to be improving nicely after shedding more than 8 million jobs over the last couple years, the Labor Department reporting that nonfarm payrolls rose by 290,000 in April and the unemployment rate worsened to 9.9 percent.

The jobless rate rose as more unemployed workers began looking for work and were again counted as “unemployed” rather than either “discouraged” or completely out of the labor force. The household survey showed that, while employment rose by 550,000, this gain was outpaced by an increase of 805,000 in the labor force.



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