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Job Growth Less Than Expected, But Unemployment Rate Drops
ResumeAccording to the U.S. jobs report released today, the economy only added 113,000 jobs in January — less than the average monthly gain in 2013. However, the unemployment rate dropped to 6.6 percent, the lowest it’s been since October 2008. NPR’s Marilyn Geewax joins Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson to break down these seemingly incongruous findings.
Guest
- Marilyn Geewax, senior business editor for NPR. She tweets @geewaxnpr.
This segment aired on February 7, 2014.