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US employers added a sluggish 210,000 jobs in November

America’s employers slowed the pace of their hiring in November, adding 210,000 jobs, the fewest in nearly a year.Friday’s report from the Labor Department also showed that the unemployment rate fell sharply to 4.2% from 4.6%. That is a historically low level though still above the pre-pandemic jobless rate of 3.5%. Overall, the November jobs …

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Meeting the IMF, RBI forecast of 9.5% GDP growth this year now a challenge, says Dr Rangarajan

What adds to the concern, says Dr Rangarajan, is the relatively low growth number posted in the manufacturing sector at 5.5 per cent The much awaited news on the second quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) numbers showing a growth of 8.4 percent as compared to 7.4 percent contraction in Q2 2020-21, has come as a …

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