The federal report out Friday on January’s employment data contains good news — including for President Obama’s chances at re-election. But, despite the addition of 243,000 new jobs last month and another drop in the nation’s unemployment rate, many — not even all of whom are political opponents of the president — see a long way yet to go. “Today’s jobs report is encouraging, but we should judge it against the overall sluggishness of the economic recovery and a...
The U.S. economy added a modest number of new jobs last month, and the nation’s unemployment fell slightly, to its lowest level since April. Unemployment remains a pernicious problem for the country, despite October’s modicum of good news, and attention is turning once more to the impending cut-off of unemployment benefits for millions of out-of-work Americans. The nation added a net 80,000 new jobs in October, according to statistics reported by the federal government on Friday. The U.S. unemployment...
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