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Jobs market is stuck in neutral – it's time candidates talk about how to fix it

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imageUS jobs market needs a boost.Reuters

Today’s jobs report is very disappointing. Essentially the labor market is stuck in neutral, yet unfortunately there’s little political will to do much to get it back into gear.

The US economy added only 142,000 jobs last month, compared with economists' estimates of about 200,000. That put the...

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