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    The Associated Press‏Verified account @AP 6 Aug 2021

    BREAKING: Hiring surged in July as American employers added 943,000 jobs, exceeding economists’ forecasts. The unemployment rate dropped to 5.4% as the U.S. economy continues to bounce back with surprising vigor from last year’s coronavirus shutdown.http://apne.ws/XvpfctJ 

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      1. The Associated Press‏Verified account @AP 6 Aug 2021

        Hotels and restaurants, reopening and doing brisk business, added 327,000 jobs last month. Local public schools added 221,000. The number of people who reported they had jobs surged by 1 million.http://apne.ws/Xsu16Ue 

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      1. your name‏ @yourname919619 6 Aug 2021
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        now delta is surging, so don’t expect this to last

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      2. Jon Munitz (@PeoplesBasics 🥣)‏ @JonMunitz 6 Aug 2021
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        For proper context since unemployment numbers are a flawed statistic, here’s labor force participation rate. Still low...pic.twitter.com/ovOyiBFqZ5

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      3. Former chaingang prisoner ✊Cannabis activists 🟥‏ @kristo279 6 Aug 2021
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        Thank you, the unemployment number is such a bullshit metric.

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      2. Josh‏ @audrum1 6 Aug 2021
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        Not surprising at all considering 30 republican states dropped the federal unemployment assistance.

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      3. L‏ @lmnbeoch 6 Aug 2021
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        Oh you mean those 30 states that permanently live off the taxes from the 20 blue states.

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      2. BLowe‏ @spend_guy 6 Aug 2021
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        So maybe the ending of extra federal unemployment really did work? Wonder what the numbers say.

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