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* * Date: Sept. 4, 2012 Source: NJ Spotlight

Link: http://bit.ly/Q4T4Lx Headline/Title: New Jersey Job Numbers Provide Sobering Backdrop to Labor Day

*Summary:* The July jobs report -- the last one released before Labor Day -- showed a loss of jobs and an increase in the state unemployment rate to 9.8 percent, which is now the fourth highest in the nation. The losses followed two months of solid growth, according to the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development. The department said in an August 16 press release that preliminary figures showed a loss of 12,000 non-farm jobs in July, though the number of jobs grew by 45,500 over the last year. Labor officials said that the previous two months -- 22,600 jobs added in May and June -- showed the largest two-month gain in 12 years.

* **Author:* Hank Kalet For the Full Article/Report, See: http://bit.ly/Q4T4Lx