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Government Issues Disappointing Jobs Report
Some economists had expected to see the job market make minor gains, or at least come close. But the Labor Department reports a net loss of 85,000 jobs last month. Still, in the huge American workforce, the unemployment rate remains unchanged at 10 percent.
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Some economists had expected to see the job market make minor gains, or at least come close. But the Labor Department reports a net loss of 85,000 jobs last month. Still, in the huge American workforce, the unemployment rate remains unchanged at 10 percent. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright National Public Radio.
