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U.S. economy adds 120K jobs, unemployment rate drops
Posted: 04.06.2012 at 8:55 AM
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Employers pulled back sharply on hiring last month, a reminder that the U.S. economy may not be growing fast enough to sustain robust job growth. The unemployment rate dipped, but mostly because more Americans stopped looking for work.

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