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February 1988

Job gains strong in 1987; unemployment rate declines

Mark Ulmer, Wayne J. Howe

As the economy completed the fifth year of expansion, employment increased by 3 million; the jobless rate fell below 6 percent. Virtually all worker groups shared in this improvement.

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