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More Jobs in DC Area, But a Higher Unemployment Rate?

How did the Washington Metropolitan area add thousands of jobs in June but still see higher unemployment?

By Whitney Teal

This is not a Lewis Carroll-esque riddle: How did the Washington, DC region add 44,000 jobs in June, but see the unemployment rate rise from 5.5. percent to 5.6 percent?

According to Labor Department statistics reported by The Washington Post, the federal government got rid of thousands of jobs in June, probably because sequestration budget cuts led agencies to offer early retirement to balance the books.


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