Confirming Recovery Is Under Way
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Published Friday, August 7, 2020; 9:00 p.m. EST

(Friday, August 7, 2020; 9:00 p.m. EST) Confirming a recovery is under way and the recession is ending, the U.S. Labor Department reports 1.76 million net new jobs were created in July and the rate of unemployment dropped to 10.2%. In addition, strong increases in the service and manufacturing sectors were reported by corporate purchasing managers, according to the Institute of Supply Management, and ISM's forward-looking sub-index measuring new-order activity surged in July. Improvement in the job situation and corporate purchasing numbers had been expected but the gains were materially stronger than had been expected by economists. 08/07/2020 closing number: 3,351.28 The Covid-crisis...

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