Private Sector Jobs Breakthrough, but Bankruptcy Filings also Increa...

04/02/10
Click the image above to see a graph demonstrating the monthly change in nonfarm payroll jobs from January 2008 through March 2010. The graph was generated from data released today in a Bureau of Labor Report. Nonfarm payroll employment increased by 162,000 jobs in March 2010, the best job growth since the U.S. entered a recession in December 2007. Conversely, an Article from Reuters reports that U.S. bankruptcy filings in March 2010 increased to the highest level since 2005. A total of 158,141 bankruptcies were filed in the U.S. during March 2010.
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