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US unemployment falls to 11%, but new shutdowns are underway

by AP Economics Writer
| July 3, 2020 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. unemployment fell to 11.1% in June as the economy added a solid 4.8 million jobs, the government reported Thursday. But the job-market recovery may already be faltering because of a new round of closings and layoffs triggered by a resurgence of the coronavirus.

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