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Friday, August 1, 2008 -- 8:43 AM ET
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Jobless Rate Rises to 5.7% in July
The unemployment rate climbed to 5.7 percent in July, a
four-year high, as 51,000 jobs were lost and the credit
crisis stunted business expansion. Though the economy has now
shed jobs for seven straight months, the decline in July was
less severe than economists had expected.
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