Unemployment Drops, but It's 'Premature to Do Handstands'
Clip: 2/3/2012 | 10m 1s
Unemployment Drops to 8.3%, but It's 'Premature to Do Handstands'
New job numbers released Friday showed the U.S. job market surged in January as the unemployment rate dropped to its lowest level in three years. Jeffrey Brown, Macroeconomic Advisers' Joel Prakken and Georgetown University's Harry Holzer examine the numbers and assess what some good news means for the longer-term U.S. recovery.
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Unemployment Drops, but It's 'Premature to Do Handstands'
Clip: 2/3/2012 | 10m 1s
New job numbers released Friday showed the U.S. job market surged in January as the unemployment rate dropped to its lowest level in three years. Jeffrey Brown, Macroeconomic Advisers' Joel Prakken and Georgetown University's Harry Holzer examine the numbers and assess what some good news means for the longer-term U.S. recovery.
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