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Ed Brown
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U.S.(WASHINGTON) — Employers cut jobs in 20 states last month, suggesting modest improvement in the U.S. job market this year is not enough to benefit all areas of the country.
The Labor Department said Friday that 29 states added jobs, while Montana showed no net gain or loss in August. Unemployment rates rose in 18 states, fell in 17 and were unchanged in 15.
“The picture is decidedly mixed,” said Jim Diffley, chief US regional economist at IHS Global Insight. “We’re still optimistic about the improvement (in hiring), but it’s been slow.”
Nationally, the economy added 169,000 jobs in August, a modest gain but hardly enough to suggest a modest gain but hardly enough to suggest a robust job market. The U.S. unemployment rate was 7.3 percent.
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