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| | Job market holding up under strain - The Boston Globe |
 | | High rates have certainly taken a toll on the nation's once-booming housing market, and US automakers are cutting production and employment as they cede market share to offshore rivals. |
 | | The jobs data released yesterday "signal a continued gradual slowdown," a performance that suggests the nation is "still on [a] soft landing path," said Action Economics economist Michael Englund. |
 | | Manufacturers, too, continued to shed jobs in November, losing 15,000 workers, but that drop was smaller than October's painful 44,000-worker decline. |
| www.boston.com /business/articles/2006/12/09/job_market_holding_up_under_strain (687 words) |
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