Good and bad news for the US economy
Unemployment is at seven-year low, but wage growth is sluggish and labour participation at its worst level in four decades.
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The latest job figures from the US reveals 223,000 jobs were added last month, resulting in the lowest level of unemployment in seven years.
But the labour force participation rate – which measures the number of people who are either employed or are actively looking for work – dropped to 62.6%,
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Jason Walls
Fri, 03 Jul 2015
Fri, 03 Jul 2015
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