WSJ.com - Unemployment Jumps to 6% As Manufacturers Slash Jobs: WASHINGTON --
The jobless rate jumped to 6% in November as employers unexpectedly trimmed
their payrolls. The job cuts were steepest among manufacturers and retailers,
and dashed hopes that the ailing labor market had stabilized. The report
Friday from the Labor Department was a bleak snapshot of the labor market at a
time when many economists believed that the worst was over for job seekers.
Economists were expecting a rate of 5.8%
