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U.S. Job Growth Slips in August After Months of Bigger Gains

With only 142,000 jobs added, August was the first month since January in which the economy failed to add at least 200,000 jobs. Unemployment fell slightly to 6.1 percent. [Source]

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Origin: nytimes.com

Category: Unemployment

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