Nov 05 October Job Numbers Raise Reader Questions By Elizabeth Shell A flurry of questions today about the October job report from NewsHour's Facebook and Twitter. In response, a flurry of answers. ........................................................................................................................................... Janet Vetter: The economy added 150,000 jobs but the unemployment rate remained the same? What is… Continue reading
Feb 05 Watch Jobless Rate Drops, but Fuller Recovery Still Appears Distant The economy shed 20,000 jobs in January, but there were new hopes of economic growth as the nation's unemployment rate ticked down to 9.7 percent. Jim Lehrer speaks with a pair of experts about the latest numbers, as well as… Continue watching