Unemployment Rate Barely Wavers With Lukewarm Jobs Report03:09
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September 01, 2017

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The U.S. economy added 156,000 jobs in August, falling short of economists' expectations. The unemployment rate went up slightly to 4.4 percent.

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson digs into the latest jobs report with CBS News' Jill Schlesinger (@jillonmoney), host of "Jill on Money" and the podcast "Better Off."

This segment aired on September 1, 2017.

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Unemployment Rate Barely Wavers With Lukewarm Jobs Report03:09
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