WASHINGTON (AP) — Better.

The job market beat expectations, and the stock market managed a modest gain — not great, but good enough after a turbulent week.

The nation added 117,000 jobs in July, the government said Friday — far from what happens in a healthy economy, and only good for a reduction of one notch in the unemployment rate, to 9.1 percent.

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