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    Weak Job Market Wobbles Economy

    The nation's unemployment rate jumped to 5.5% last month, posting its sharpest one-month increase in twenty-two years. A weak housing market and soaring gasoline prices are adding to consumer pressures. Sudeep Reddy reports on economics for the Wall Street Journal .

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    KCRW placeholderBy Sara Terry • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    The nation's unemployment rate jumped to 5.5% last month, posting its sharpest one-month increase in twenty-two years. A weak housing market and soaring gasoline prices are adding to consumer pressures. Sudeep Reddy reports on economics for the Wall Street Journal.

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    Zimbabwe and South Africa in Transition
    1. 2:03Weak Job Market Wobbles EconomyYou’re reading this
    2. 7:48Mandela's Fading Vision of Peace for Southern Africa
    3. 43:03Seeing Bobby in Barack
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      Sara Terry

      The Aftermath Project

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      Producer, To the Point

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      Sudeep Reddy

      Wall Street Journal

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    The full episode

    1 of 3
    Zimbabwe and South Africa in Transition
    1. 2:03Weak Job Market Wobbles EconomyYou’re reading this
    2. 7:48Mandela's Fading Vision of Peace for Southern Africa
    3. 43:03Seeing Bobby in Barack
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