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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,710 posts) Fri Mar 6, 2015, 10:04 AM Mar 2015

Unemployment near seven year low

U.S. economy added 295,000 jobs in February, as the unemployment rate fell to 5.5 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers extended a healthy streak of hiring in February by adding 295,000 jobs, the 12th straight monthly gain above 200,000.