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US hiring slows for 3rd month in sign of struggling economy

by AP Economics Writer
| October 2, 2020 7:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers added 661,000 jobs in September, the third straight month of slower hiring and evidence from the final jobs report before the presidential election that the economic recovery has weakened.

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