America’s unemployment rate fell in January — but the jobs recovery is still dragging
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America’s unemployment rate fell to 6.3% in January, beating economists’ expectations but still signaling a sluggish recovery.
The US economy added 49,000 jobs last month, according to the government jobs report released Friday morning.
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