Jobless Rate Falls, But Job Creation Falls Short of What Nation Needs

The new year started with better but not great news on the jobs front. The latest figures from the U.S. Department of Labor released this morning show that unemployment dropped from 9.8 percent in November to 9.4 percent in December. Even with the expected holiday season hires, only 103,000 net new jobs were created last …

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