Economy: 244,000 Jobs Added
Unemployment stands at 9 percent, while the economy added 244 thousand jobs in its third consecutive month of growth. Wall Street and finance reporter for The New York Times, Louise Story helps analyze the latest jobs numbers and what the numbers say about economic recovery.
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