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US adds 1.8 million jobs in a sign that hiring has weakened

by AP Economics Writer
| August 7, 2020 6:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States added 1.8 million jobs in July, a pullback from the gains of May and June and evidence that the resurgent coronavirus has weakened hiring and the economic rebound.

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