US unemployment rate falls to 8.4%

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The US unemployment rate fell to 8.4% in August amid the addition of 1.4m jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The market had expected a more modest fall in the jobless rate, to 9.8%, though with a similar number of jobs created.