US unemployment rate falls for older workers

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Workers older than 55 benefited from the September surge in hiring.

The unemployment rate for this group of baby boomers fell to 3.9 percent from 4.6 percent as 230,000 people of them landed new jobs.

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