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US adds just 29,000 jobs as unemployment rises before midterm elections

Al Jazeera//100-word brief
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US adds just 29,000 jobs as unemployment rises before midterm elections. The US economy added 29,000 jobs in September, with unemployment rising to 4.2 percent, according to Labor Department.

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