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Report: Austerity Measures Hurt Job Market

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Some other news: The International Labor Organization issued a report today warning that austerity measures imposed in many countries are hurting the job market, and failing to effectively reduce deficits, and the major European economies received the brunt of the criticism. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.

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