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Jobs report offers signs of hope for an economic recovery

Strong jobs report offers signs of hope for an economic recovery

04/02/2021

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Jobs report offers signs of hope for an economic recovery

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Strong jobs report offers signs of hope for an economic recovery

The U.S. Labor Department reported Friday a net gain of 916,000 jobs last month, the most since August, while the unemployment rate fell to 6 percent. The upbeat jobs report seems to confirm some economists' forecasts that the economy is on its way to recovery. Louise Sheiner, of the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at the Brookings Institution, joins William Brangham to discuss.

04/02/2021

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