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Unemployment Report: Why Job Growth Is Stalling

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Only 80,000 jobs added in June? The American economy is stuck in neutral, writes Zachary Karabell.

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Today’s jobs report, released to a sweltering nation, will do nothing to dispel the political heat. According to numbers compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, job growth remained stubbornly anemic, with 80,000 new jobs added in June.

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