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Jobs Report Signals a Strengthening Recovery
The latest report from the Labor Department shows that 227,000 new jobs were created last month. But the unemployment rate is still 8.3 percent -- the first time in six months that it hasn't declined. Jonathan Cohn is senior editor at The New Republic magazine.
The latest report from the Labor Department shows that 227,000 new jobs were created last month. But the unemployment rate is still 8.3 percent -- the first time in six months that it hasn't declined. Jonathan Cohn is senior editor at The New Republic magazine.