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September 3, 2010

Five Key Lessons in August's Jobs Report

Liz Wolgemuth, US News

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By Liz Wolgemuth

Posted: September 3, 2010

August's jobs report is shining a little light on the ploddingly dreary labor market. Private employers added more jobs than economists expected last month, and the Labor Department revised the data to show bigger private sector gains for June and July. In July, private employers added 107,000 jobs, rather than the 71,000 initially reported. The unemployment rate last month ticked...

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