Unemployment, Economy Numbers Better Than Expected

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Number of jobs added to the U.S. economy in October, while the unemployment rate rose to 7.3%, the Wall Street Journal reports. Combined with yesterday’s report that third-quarter GDP grew 2.8%, October economic data “have been surprisingly strong, especially considering many economists thought the 16-day partial government shutdown would skew the numbers.”

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