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Urgent: U.S. adds only 126,000 jobs in March, unemployment rate unchanged at 5.5 pct

Xinhua, April 3, 2015 Adjust font size:

The U.S. economy added 126,000 jobs in March, falling short of Economists' expectation for 245,000 and the unemployment rate held steady at 5.5 percent, the latest sign the labor market might be slowing down, the Labor Department reported Friday. Endi