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US Unemployment Rate Plummets

Drops to levels not seen since March, 2009.

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By: Tom Branna

US Unemployment Rate Plummets

China’s economy may be slowing, Europe may remain mired in debt, but the US economy just keeps chugging along. The US added 120,000 jobs in November, up from 100,000 in October, according to the US Labor Department.

That improvement helped push the unemployment rate down to 8.6%, the lowest level since March, 2009, according to the Labor Department.

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