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U.S. jobless rate unaltered, 9.7%

Market seen slowly on mend

By DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE PRESS SERVICES

Posted: March 6, 2010 at 5:11 a.m.

Jeff Kowalsky
Credit: Bloomberg
A job seeker enters Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency Problem Resolution Offices on Friday in Livonia.

The U.S. unemployment rate remained at 9.7 percent in February, and payrolls fell less than forecast, indicating the labor market strengthened even as East Coast snowstorms forced some employers to temporarily close.

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