The Labor Department said 5 million people worked fewer hours last month because of the snow.
At the Labor Department, spokeswoman Elizabeth Alexander said 437 employees out of about 16, 500 were furloughed.
The unemployment rate remains above 9 percent according to the Labor Department data released on Friday.
The Labor Department said the unemployment rate dipped to 9.0 percent from 9.1 percent in September.
The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly applications fell 18, 000, the second straight sharp drop.
Today the Labor Department reported that the consumer price index (CPI) increased by 0.5% in July.
The Labor Department said unemployment claims rose last week in the U.S., surpassing market expectations.
Just about everyone was expecting a gloomy unemployment report from the Labor Department on Friday morning.
By contrast, the Labor Department said earlier this month that job growth slowed sharply in March.
They added 18, 000 jobs in March and 169, 000 since September, according to the Labor Department.
The news follows a dismal job's report released by the Labor Department that sent stocks tumbling.
The U.S. producer-price index, meanwhile, fell 0.6% in March from February, the Labor Department reported.
Also in the report, the Labor Department revised higher the payrolls for February and January.
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The Labor Department also announced a change to the way the jobs numbers are reported.
Food accounted for 16.1% of spending by consumers with the lowest incomes, the Labor Department said.
The Labor Department said the number of initial claims for state benefits fell 7, 000 to 340, 000.
The Labor Department on Thursday reported that nonfarm business productivity decreased in the fourth quarter.
The figures come a day before the Labor Department will report employment data for November.
Under his watch, in 2007 the Labor Department proposed a rule to increase transparency.
The Labor Department said Friday morning that nonfarm payroll employment decreased by 4, 000 in August.
Weekly applications fell by 2, 000 to a seasonally adjusted 387, 000, according to the Labor Department.
On Thursday, the Labor Department reported the lowest number of initial jobless claims since April 2008.
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The Labor Department said Tuesday it intends to release its October employment report Friday, as scheduled.
But the data is prone to large swings when the Labor Department makes revisions.
At this time, the Labor Department says it is working to get the report released as scheduled.
After an initial estimate of 339, 000, the Labor Department says it is, in fact, closer to 342, 000.
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That changed after the release of a surprisingly soft U.S. jobs report from the Labor Department Friday.
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On the 7th the Labor Department is going to report private payrolls increased by 162, 000 in December.
Yesterday, the numbers released by the Labor Department reflected a continuing positive trend of diminishing job loss.
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