A sign posted on a shopfront window offers employment opportunity to happy and creative people on October 22, 2013 in Pasadena, California. This month's political showdown likely shaved at least a quarter percent off fourth quarter economic growth and meant 120,000 fewer jobs were created in October, the White House said today. The US economy generated a less-than-expected 148,000 jobs during the last month, but revisions for July and August that added 9,000 net new positions to the data helped push the overall unemployment rate down. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWN (Photo credit should read FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
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