U.S. unemployment rate declines for first time in a year

The Business Journal Friday 7th August, 2009

The U.S. unemployment rate declined to 9.4 percent for July, down slightly from 9.5 percent the month before, according to the latest jobs numbers Friday. This is the first drop in the nation’s ...

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