What a 9.7% unemployment rate means

Courtesy MSN Money Latest Articles  Fri, 02/05/2010 - 14:54

The nation's unemployment rate fell in January, but employers shed 20,000 jobs, the Labor Department says. Here's a look behind the contradictory numbers.


 

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