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A Sign Of Hope After 'Winter Hibernation': Employers Add 379,000 Jobs

By Scott Horsley
Published March 5, 2021 at 6:34 AM MST
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Meanwhile, the unemployment rate dipped to 6.2% last month as the winter wave of coronavirus infections eased.

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Scott Horsley
Scott Horsley is NPR's Chief Economics Correspondent. He reports on ups and downs in the national economy as well as fault lines between booming and busting communities.
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