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Minnesota’s jobless rate falls to 7.7% but job growth slows

| August 20, 2020 10:03 AM

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota's unemployment rate fell to 7.7% in July from 8.6% a month earlier, the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development said Thursday, but cautioned that job growth is slowing as the coronavirus pandemic persists.

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