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Big news today, as the jobless rate fell sharply to 8.6 percent, its lowest point since March of 2009. Employment growth picked up speed, but it wasn't all good news. Experts claim half of the drop can be attributed to about 315,000 people leaving the workforce, mostly due to their inability to find work. 

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