Us Jobless Rate Sinks To 4.6%, A Nine-year Low

The Associated Press, Portland Oregonian: Business
Fri, 12/02/2016 - 7:38am

U.S. employers added a solid 178,000 jobs in November, allowing the unemployment rate to hit a nine-year low of 4.6 percent.

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