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US added a strong 227,000 jobs in November

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(   ) -q-21- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “up to 4.2-percent.”

America’s job market rebounded in November.

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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. Friday’s government report provided the latest evidence that the U.S. job market remains durable even though it has lost significant momentum from the 2021-2023 hiring boom.

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VERBATIM: The Labor Department says employers added 227,000 workers in a solid recovery from October. That was when the effects of strikes and hurricanes had sharply diminished employers’ payrolls. Last month’s hiring growth was up considerably from a meager gain of 36,000 jobs in October. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.2%.

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