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Overdue jobs report shows the unemployment rate is inching up

An overdue report from the Labor Department shows signs of weakness in the job market. US employers added just 64,000 jobs last month, and the unemployment rate rose to its highest level in more than four years.

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Scott Horsley is NPR's Chief Economics Correspondent. He reports on ups and downs in the national economy as well as fault lines between booming and busting communities.
Michel Martin is the weekend host of All Things Considered, where she draws on her deep reporting and interviewing experience to dig in to the week's news. Outside the studio, she has also hosted "Michel Martin: Going There," an ambitious live event series in collaboration with Member Stations.
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