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By Andrew Moran The U.S. economy added only 332,000 private-sector jobs in the second quarter, much lower than the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) initially reported in the April-to-June span. In the three months ending in June, gross job gains from opening and expanding private companies totaled 8.1 million, up 79,000 from the first quarter of 2023. Gross employment losses from closing…
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