U.S. Job Growth Up In June
By: Alexa Hamblin
Updated: July 6, 2007
U.S. employers added a better-than-expected 132,000 new jobs last month. In addition, a Labor Department report shows payrolls increased more strongly than previously expected in April and May. The June hiring figure topped forecasts for 120,000 jobs made by Wall Street economists. The national unemployment rate, by the way, remained at four-point-five-percent. 





