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Unemployment Rates Dropping

By: Shayla Patrick

Updated: October 8, 2012

JOPLIN, MO.--- New numbers released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics show unemployment is currently at a 7.8% nationwide. That's down a .5% from the highest it's been in 2012, and the first time the unemployment rate has dropped below 8% since 2009. 114,000 more jobs have been added in the U.S. during the past month. Unemployment rates are typically the most watched measure of a nation's economic stability.

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