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Economy added just 22,000 jobs in August: The key facts and figures

By Joseph Lawler, Zach Halaschak
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The economy added just 22,000 jobs in August, and the unemployment rate rose to 4.3%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday. 

Revisions in the report also showed that the United States lost jobs in June.

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