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US unemployment rate drops

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The U.S. unemployment rate dropped in December, federal data released this morning show.

The jobless rate fell by 0.3 percentage points to 3.9%.

Nonfarm payroll ranks grew by 199,000 jobs last month. That follows a revised 249,000-job increase in November.

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