According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) press release, the national unemployment rate was 3.7 percent in November 2023, down 0.2 percentage points from the October 2023 rate and up 0.1 percentage points from 3.6 percent a year ago. Total nonagricultural employment was 157,087,000 in November 2023, an increase …