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August Jobs Report: Numbers Can’t Compare to Recent Gains

Posted at September 3, 2016 | By : | Categories : Quick Facts | 0 Comment

Hiring downshifted last month as US employers added a modest 151,000 jobs, about half the blockbuster gains of the two previous months, the AP reports. The Labor Department said Friday the unemployment rate remained 4.9% for the third straight month. The figures are far below July’s gain of…
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