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Solid Jobs Report Is No Cure for U.S. Economic Blahs
Indicators go up and indicators go down, but one thing doesn't really change: Growth remains stuck at about 2 percent.
It could be worse.
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Friday's jobs report was mostly steady-as-she-goes. More jobs were created in July than anticipated, though largely in line with the monthly average of about 200,000 that the economy has notched in the past five years. The jobless rate returned, as forecast, to an historically low 4.3 percent. Wages continued their unspectacular growth.
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