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US economy adds jobs, but at modest rate

Analysts voice concerns over sluggish recovery

By Megan Woolhouse

 |  Globe Staff  

  April 06, 2012

The United States’ economy added 120,000 jobs in March, a slow rate of expansion that has economists and business officials worried about the strength of the economic recovery.

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