Unemployment rate falls but U.S. economy remains sluggish

The good news for the U.S. economy is that a double-dip recession looks increasingly remote. The bad news: It can't seem to get out of first gear. Employers added just 80,000 jobs in October, about 20,000 less than economists expected, and far fewer than the 125,000 jobs needed to keep pace with ...

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