The construction unemployment rate jumped to 27.1 percent and construction employment dropped to a 14-year low as another 64,000 construction workers lost jobs in February, according to federal employment figures released Friday. ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ found that the economy would have added jobs for the third time in four months had it not been for declines in construction employment.
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