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Economy Adds 288,000 Jobs In June, Unemployment Falls To 6.1 Percent

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07.03.14 | 8:32 am
FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2013 file photo, Jona Caldwell joins a long line of job seekers outside the Ferguson Community Center in Cordova, Tenn. The Labor Department reports on the number of Americans who applied for u... FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2013 file photo, Jona Caldwell joins a long line of job seekers outside the Ferguson Community Center in Cordova, Tenn. The Labor Department reports on the number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits in the last week on Dec. 26, 2013. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Jim Weber, File) MORE LESS

Total non farm payroll employment rose by 288,000 jobs in June while the unemployment rate fell to 6.1 percent, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday.

Catherine Thompson Catherine Thompson is a writer covering systems of power, gender, and politics. She previously served as an editor at the Cut, Business Insider, and Talking Points Memo.
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  2. Without increasing wages the current recovery won’t be sustained much longer. We need to hike the minimum wage.

  3. ® Oh…we hate it when that happens.

  4. Don’t worry folks, the media will find a way to tell us this is bad news and that the Obama economy is still terrible.

  5. Avatar for lew lew says:

    Somehow I keep envisioning some Fox network executive, looking like the “soup Nazi” from Seinfeld, telling his news anchors,
    “No good news for you”.

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