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The headline The economy added 73,000 jobs in July and the unemployment rate rose a tenth of a percentage point to 4.2%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. Investors had expected roughly ...

The Labor Department reported that the U.S. added 73,000 jobs in July, nearly half of what analysts expected, as President ...