Drop in unemployment rate: good news, but …

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The jobs report for December is out with some good news: The unemployment rate is down to 9.4 percent, hitting the lowest it’s been since May, 2009. However, the number of jobs created, 103,000 in December, came in lower than expected. Economics editor for The Takeaway and WNYC, Charlie Herman explains.

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