The department also revised the June report downward to show 221, 000 jobs lost that month from 125, 000.

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The truth is obviously that was better news than we have seen, understanding that the report still mentioned that we lost 11, 000 jobs in the previous month, adding on to the already large jobs losses.

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That report also showed that the financial industry lost 4, 300 jobs between April and December 2011.

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Today, the Labor Department released its monthly employment survey and reported that the nation lost 11, 000 jobs in November -- which was about 115, 000 fewer than was forecast -- and is about close to zero, from the perspective of our overall economy. (Applause.) The unemployment rate ticked down, instead of up. (Applause.) The report also found that we lost about 160, 000 fewer jobs over the last two months than we had previously thought.

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Just a couple of highlights from the report: In the year before these bankruptcies, these companies lost almost 340, 000 jobs.

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Most analysts had expected that Friday's unemployment report from the Labor Department would in fact show that fewer, not more, jobs were lost in March than in February.

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