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    California's job market remains hot, despite economic uncertainty

    by Margot Roosevelt, Los Angeles Times Dec 21, 2018 3 minutes

    Trade tensions and stock market volatility loom over the nation's economy, but California's job market powered forward in November with a robust expansion of payrolls and a record low unemployment rate.

    Employers added 30,700 positions, according to the state Employment Development Department, accounting for nearly a fifth of the nation's new jobs last month.

    The growth - to a total of 17.27 million - came on top of October's 36,400 gain.

    California's unemployment rate held steady at 4.1 percent, the same as in September and October,

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