Payrolls Probably Rose in November as U.S. Economy Picked Up

An increase in November payrolls probably pushed U.S. job gains past the 1 million mark for the year as the world’s largest economy strengthened heading into 2011, economists said before a report today.

Employment increased by 150,000 last month, according to the median forecast of 87 economists surveyed by Bloomberg News, bringing the rise so far this year to 1.02 million. The advances haven’t been large enough to bring down unemployment, which held at 9.6 percent, according to the survey median.