What Today’s Job Numbers Mean
April 06, 2012 at 12:42 PM EDT
The economy added only 120,000 jobs in March – down from the rate of more than 200,000 in each of the preceding three months. The rate of unemployment dropped from 8.3 to 8.2 percent mainly because fewer people were searching for jobs – and that rate depends on how many people are actively looking. It’s [...]