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The Massachusetts office of Labor and Workforce Development reported an increase of 13,200 jobs for the month of July and a private sector gain of 19,200 jobs, the largest monthly job gain in the private sector over the past twenty years. The largest gains were in Leisure and Hospitality; Trade, Transportation and Utilities; Manufacturing; and Professional, Scientific and Business Services. This marks the sixth straight month for job gains in the Commonwealth, adding 60,200 jobs since December.

This is not by accident. Governor Patrick and Lt. Governor Murray have been working towards this recovery every day by investing in our economy, in the education of our students, in our neglected infrastructure, and in health care for our residents.

Read more about July's job numbers in The Boston Globe.

From the Boston Globe:

The Massachusetts economy expanded at more than double the rate of the national economy during the second quarter of the year, boosted by federal stimulus programs, demand for technology products, and the strongest job growth since the so-called miracle years of the 1980s, the University of Massachusetts reported.

The performance in the three-month period that ended June 30 was the fourth consecutive quarter that the state has outpaced national economic growth, UMass said in its quarterly journal, MassBenchmarks.