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National job growth slows in January

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U.S. job growth slowed in January compared with December.

The Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a 143,000-job increase in nonfarm payroll ranks in January. That compares with an upwardly revised 307,000 in December.

The national unemployment rate in January was 4%, marking the lowest level since May.

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