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Jobs Report Signals Slow Recovery For U.S. Economy

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The numbers are out — and it's looking like it might be a slow recovery for the U.S. economy.

After a summer of frenetic hiring, the August job report revealed that only 235,000 jobs were added to the U.S economy last month.

NPR chief economics correspondent Scott Horsley tells us more.

This segment aired on September 3, 2021.

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