The jobless figures for April had showed a 3, 000 fall, again over a three month period.
The House passed legislation Thursday giving companies that hire the jobless a temporary payroll tax break.
The jobless rate fell to 8.3%, the lowest since February 2009, from 8.5% in December.
On Thursday, we have the jobless claims and Producer Price Index, followed by the FOMC announcement.
The CIPD had earlier suggested that the jobless total would reach 2.65 million this year.
Government employee rolls at state and municipal levels remain a drag on the jobless rate.
Economists looked for the jobless rate to edge down to 7.7% from 7.8% last month.
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They build and maintain schools, repair streets and help the jobless and the elderly.
Planned housing benefit curbs for the jobless have been dropped but tenants 'under-occupying' homes face cuts.
In Ontario, Canada's biggest province, it is estimated that only one-third of the jobless can qualify.
The jobless rate for this group has risen to 20.2%, the highest since the early 1980s.
The jobless rate of 4.7% is lower even than in that other American boomtown, Washington, D.
The jobless rate is 4.4% and real incomes have been rising even faster than spending.
It sure can't be because they hire the jobless locals for the production crew.
Ministers promise to learn everything possible from other attempts to put the jobless to work.
Some of the jobless spend their days wandering in parks, or hanging around in stations.
Where they have risen by five percentage points, the jobless rate has gone up by three.
The speed of the recovery will still be the main influence on the jobless rate.
Moreover, in Britain's flexible labour market, the jobless had a reasonable chance of pricing themselves into work.
But in terms of the overall number, they probably make up the largest share of the jobless.
The jobless rate dipped to 4% from 4.1% in December - its lowest level since January 1970.
The jobless rate in Ireland , based on benefit claimants, jumped from 8.3% to 9.2% in January.
The jobless require much more government assistance than those holding a job and paying into the system.
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Whatever level is chosen, a minimum wage cannot help the jobless, and might well increase their number.
Regardless, Fed presidents have said their long-term view of the jobless rate ranges from 5.2% to 6%.
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Despite the economic boost provided by the World Cup, the ranks of the jobless continue to grow.
From the current 8.1%, the jobless rate would peak above 9% next year, averaging 8.8% in 2013.
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It means that the jobless total is now 110, 000 lower than for the July-September quarter last year.
Neither offered a solution to the jobless recovery, our national debt, our taxes and the looming fiscal cliff.
As the economy tumbles and unemployment rates soar, the jobless are using creativity to make themselves stand out.
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