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ECONOMICS COMMENTARY
Apr 05, 2013
US unemployment rate falls to lowest since 2008, but job creation disappoints
The rate of unemployment in the US fell to 7.6% in March, dropping for the second successive month to its lowest since December 2008. Non-farm payroll numbers were a massive disappointment, however, rising by just 88,000 against analysts' expectations of a 200,000 rise according to Reuters' polls.
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