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Nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline in April (-539,000), and
the unemployment rate rose from 8.5 to 8.9 percent, the Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased
0.2 percent in April before seasonal adjustment, the Bureau of Labor
Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.