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US Economy Adds 120K Jobs, Jobless Rate at 8.2%

| April 6, 2012 6:00 AM

Employers pulled back sharply on hiring last month, a reminder that the U.S. economy may not be growing fast enough to sustain robust job growth. The unemployment rate dipped, but mostly because more Americans stopped looking for work. (April 7)