Is a Jobless Recovery Possible?
Unemployment numbers are out and job losses declined 247,000 in July, while the unemployment rate fell, which could suggest that the recession is nearing an end. But Jack Healy, a reporter for The New York Times, thinks that the decrease in unemployment is a statistical fluke and that without job creation, the economy is not recovering.
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