You dont believe me . Go check it out for yourself. Go ramping up, employers add 236,000 jobs in february, pushing unemployment to a fouryear low and vaulting the dow to another alltime high. The feds next move . Bill gross, manager of the worlds Biggest Bond Fund weighs in. And the american recovery, four challenges that could unleash prosperity for imperil. Good evening, everyone and welcome to our Public Television viewers. Suzie today another historic day all about jobs. It was a welcome surprise in the jobs numbers and the Unemployment Rate standing at 7. 7 tonight the lowest in more than four years. American businesses added 236,000 new jobs in february, cutting across all sectors of the economy, and that burst in hiring inspired investors. Stocks were up again today making this a week of records for the Dow Jones Industrial average. The dow rose 6 points closing at 14,397, another record high. The nasdaq added 12, the s p edged up 7 points and this is the tenth straight friday o
Coming in on Unemployment Insurance claims and car sales suggest that the recovery is gaining traction. Weve had three years where weve added 6. 4 million private sector jobs over the last five months, four of the last five months over 200,000 jobs have been added, important the construction sector has been adding jobs, but theres much more work that needs to be done. Too many people are unemployed, middle class families are under stress even before the recession hit so the president remains focused on strengthening the recovery and making sure that we build on the progress that weve seen so far. Granting that there is still a relatively higher than normal unemployment especially among minorities and especially among the youth, do these numbers suggest, however, that the economy is better able today to stand on its own two feet without the help of monetary or fiscal stimulus, and is it better able today to withstand the federal budget cuts or spending cuts that are in the pipeline . We
Klain began in law. He was a clerk for Supreme Court Justice Byron white. He served as chief of staff to Vice President joe biden and also Vice President al gore. He left the white house in 2011 and became president of case holdings. The Holding Company for former aol chairman steve case. Lets talk about the politics of ebola. Ryan lizzo, washington correspondent at the new yorker, and michael is here. Let me begin with you, ryan. Obviously mr. Klain is impressive on paper. I spoke with someone who worked with him under gore and says he will be fantastic for the job. I go back to this point he has nothing medical. Nothing healthcare on his resume. Does that matter . I think that what we have here is two different definitions of what this job should be. A lot of us in the media have and i think a lot of republicans including john mccain who first voiced this idea, thought this would be some other kind of job. The actual job that obama as created here is the Ebola Response coordinator. I
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