US jobless numbers fall to six-year low

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Channel: Al Jazeera English · 2014 · News & Politics

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Unemployment in the US has fallen to its lowest level in six years.

New data released by the US Labour Department shows that just over six percent of US citizens are jobless.

But not everyone who is employed has a full-time, long-term job.

Al Jazeera's Shihab Rattansi reports.

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