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August 1, 2014

Job market recovering but many don't feel it

  • The Gallup Organization has found that consumers' view of the economy is the glummest it's been in seven months.
    • By JOSH BOAK
    AP Economics Writers

    WASHINGTON — The U.S. unemployment rate has plunged since the start of last year to a five-year low of 6.1 percent. And the July jobs report being released Friday will likely show a sixth straight month of healthy 200,000-plus gains.

    Yet for Douglas Hunter and millions like him, happy days aren't quite here again.


     
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