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Disappointing numbers in July jobs report, unemployment hits 4.3%

Hiring lost momentum in July as employers added 114,000 jobs, a far smaller number than economists had expected. The unemployment rate, meanwhile, jumped to 4.3%. CBS News senior business and technology correspondent Jo Ling Kent breaks down the numbers.
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