During the last half of the 1990s, the unemployment rate fell and the total number of employed persons continued to rise.

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This is true as data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the unemployment rate fell from 5.6% in January 1996 to 4.0% in December 1999, and the total number of employed persons increased from 123.9 million in January 1996 to 135.1 million in December 1999.

During the Last Half of the 1990s, the Unemployment Rate