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Unemployment drops to 7.7 percent, now lowest level in four years
By Chris Peralta on March 8th, 2013 | Last updated: March 8, 2013 at 5:10 pm
A burst of hiring last month added 236,000 U.S. jobs and reduced the unemployment rate to 7.7 percent from 7.9 percent in January. The robust gains suggested that the economy can strengthen further despite higher taxes and government spending cuts.
