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Economy adds 288,000 new jobs, unemployment rate falls

Contributors: Matthew Yglesias and Danielle Kurtzleben

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Jul 2, 2014, 3:07pm EDT

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July 3, 2014
More unemployed people quit looking than got jobs

By Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
July 3, 2014
Long-term unemployment is still scarily high

By Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
July 3, 2014
The jobs gap is still huge at 6.7 million

By Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
July 3, 2014
The labor force is growing, too

By Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
July 3, 2014
Today's other jobs number is also good news

By Danielle Kurtzleben

In addition to the monthly jobs report, the government also reported on jobless claims.
July 3, 2014
Health care sector keeps adding jobs

By Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
July 3, 2014
Wages rose 2 percent over the past year

By Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
July 3, 2014
Economy added 288,000 new jobs in June

By Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias

Unemployment rate falls to 6.1 percent on strong job growth
July 2, 2014
Jobs Day has arrived!

By Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
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A rare Thursday Jobs Day is coming tomorrow.

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