employment rate should look a lot sunnier and weather should get the credit for that, too. there is one place where rain, snow, or shine help wanted signs are out big time. uncle sam is the biggest employer out there. since the president took office, we have lost nearly a million construction and manufacturing jobs and big drops in retail and transportation, too. but the federal government hiring. in the same time period 55,000 federal workers hired. many experts expect though that this may be the worst and that the economy may soon start stabilizing. but when the economy improves, the unemployment rate may go up too. that says jobs seekers start jumping back into the market. unemployment is what is called a lagging indicator. usually the last thing that recovers in a recovery. back to you, shannon. >> shannon: all right. thanks for always breaking it down for us. brenda buttner, thank you. : you can catch brenda every saturday