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    Jobless Rate Falls to a Three-Year Low

    Unemployment in January dropped to its lowest level in three years, 8.3 percent, with most of the job in the private sector, including manufacturing. President Obama took the Labor Department report as evidence that the recovery is speeding up. Daniel Gross is economics editor at Yahoo! Finance .

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Unemployment in January dropped to its lowest level in three years, 8.3 percent, with most of the job in the private sector, including manufacturing. President Obama took the Labor Department report as evidence that the recovery is speeding up. Daniel Gross is economics editor at Yahoo! Finance.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Anna Scott

      Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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      Daniel Gross

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Facebook Goes Public with IPO
    1. 0:00Jobless Rate Falls to a Three-Year LowYou’re reading this
    2. 7:36Can Facebook Go Public and Change the World?
    3. 41:27Komen Foundation Reverses Decision to Cut Off Planned Parenthood
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