The U.S. unemployment rate fell to a five-month low of 8.4% in August, tumbling almost 2 percentage points from July’s 10.2% rate, the Labor Department said on Friday. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 1.4 million, including the hiring of 238,000 temporary Census workers. The economy lost 22.2 million jobs between February and April as a result […more]
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