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US loses 140,000 jobs in December amid COVID-19 spikes

Xinhua | Updated: 2021-01-08 22:09

Construction workers wait in line to do a temperature test to return to the job site after lunch, in the Manhattan borough of New York City on Nov 10, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]

WASHINGTON -- US employers slashed 140,000 jobs in December, the first monthly decline since April, as recent COVID-19 spikes disrupt recovery in the labor market, the Labor Department reported Friday.

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