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US employers add just 49,000 jobs as unemployment falls to 6.3%

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WASHINGTON – U.S employers added just 49,000 jobs in January, a sign that that the viral pandemic retains a tight grip on the economy nearly a year after it triggered a painful recession.

The tepid increase followed a decline of 227,000 jobs in December, the first loss since April. The unemployment rate for January fell sharply from 6.7% to 6.3%, the Labor Department said Friday.

About half the drop occurred because some of those out of work found jobs, while others stopped looking for work and were no longer counted as unemployed.

Friday's figures reflect a faltering job market, slowed by a viral pandemic that is still causing consumers to avoid traveling, shopping, dining out, attending entertainment venues and engaging in other forms of

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