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Archive Home > 2011 > October > 08 > 103,000 jobs added in September

103,000 jobs added in September

• Despite gains, unemployment rate holding steady at 9.1 percent

By Motoko Rich / The Bulletin
October 8, 2011

U.S. companies are adding jobs slowly and unevenly, just enough to plug the dike against a wave of fears that the economy could slip back into recession.

The Labor Department said Friday that U.S. employers added 103,000 net new jobs in September, indicating that the economy is at least not....

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