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Inland Empire Business News December 17th.002

State adds jobs but jobless rate barely moves

California’s unemployment rate fell to 6.2 percent in July, essentially unchanged from June, the state reported Friday.

State employers added 80,600 non-agricultural jobs last month. California has added more than two million jobs since the recovery began in February 2010, according the state Employment Development Department.

Year-over-year, California’s unemployment rate was down 1.1 percent in July.

The U.S. unemployment rate was unchanged last month at 5.3 percent, the EDD stated.

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