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Two positive reports on jobs!

July 5th, 2012 The Hill

Two new reports on Thursday provided some optimism the jobs market is improving.

First-time claims for unemployment benefits dropped to the lowest level since May, the first positive sign in weeks that layoffs could be slowing.

Separately, payroll provider ADP said private-sector businesses added 176,000 jobs to their payrolls in June, better than the revised total of 136,000 jobs for May.

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