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Private Payrolls Post Better-Than-Expected Growth

December 1, 2021 at 9:08 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

CNBC: “Private hiring increased by 534,000 for the month, better than the Dow Jones estimate of 506,000 in a labor market that appears to be getting tighter.”

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