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US unemployment rate drops

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The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 8.4% in August.

That's down from 10.2% in July and compares with a 9.8% jobless rate projection for August by analysts.

Nonfarm payroll ranks grew by 1.4 million jobs in August, a decrease from 1.7 million in July.

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