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Friday, February 03, 2006

Unemployment Rate Declines in January
By By JEANNINE AVERSA, AP Economics Writer
Employers stepped up hiring in January, boosting payrolls by 193,000 and lowering the nation's unemployment rate to 4.7 percent, the lowest since July 2001. The fresh snapshot of the jobs climate, released by the Labor Department on Friday, suggested...

 



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