this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. my colleague susie gharib is off tonight. within the concerns shifted to italy, trading of italian bank stocks was halted due to volatility. we say awe rare sign of economic activity, new orders for manufactured goods rose 1.9% last month after dropping 2.7% in april. on top of that on top of that it turns out the economy grew at annualized rate of 1.9% in the first quarter. that s slightly faster than originally reported, but much slower than last year s pace. and, as suzanne pratt reports, experts are fretting about where the economy goes from here. reporter: this was not how the recovery was supposed to go. two years after the great recession, the u.s. economy is only sputtering along. history suggests it should be supercharged. take a look at this chart of u.s. g.d.p. growth. the numbers turned
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt tom: good evening and thanks for joining us. my colleague susie gharib is off tonight. within the concerns shifted to italy, trading of italian bank stocks was halted due to volatility. we say awe rare sign of economic activity, new orders for manufactured goods rose 1.9% last month after dropping 2.7% in april. on top of that on top of that it turns out the economy grew at annualized rate of 1.9% in the first quarter. that s slightly faster than originally reported, but much slower than last year s pace. and, as suzanne pratt reports, experts are fretting about where the economy goes from here. reporter: this was not how the recovery was supposed to go. two years after the great recession, the u.s. economy is only sputtering along. history suggests it should be supercharged. take a look at this chart of u.s. g.d.p. growth. the numbers turned
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt tom: good evening. susie gharib is off tonight. i m joined by my colleague suzanne pratt. suzanne, the nation s job market is still in crisis. there were, however, some conflicting signs as to just how bad things are in the latest employment report today. suzanne: tom, first and foremost, job creation in january was a huge disappointment. a scant 36,000 positions were added to company payrolls last month. that s a far cry from the roughly 150,000 expected. on the other hand, the unemployment rate fell to 9%. it s lowest level in two years. tom: that has some economists convinced things are actually getting better not worse. erika miller reports. reporter: if you are looking for the message in today s employment report, look no further than this manhattan intersection. it s a messy report. it s a little bit like the new york city streets r
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt tom: good evening. susie gharib is off tonight. i m joined by my colleague suzanne pratt. suzanne, the nation s job market is still in crisis. there were, however, some conflicting signs as to just how bad things are in the latest employment report today. suzanne: tom, first and foremost, job creation in january was a huge disappointment. a scant 36,000 positions were added to company payrolls last month. that s a far cry from the roughly 150,000 expected. on the other hand, the unemployment rate fell to 9%. it s lowest level in two years. tom: that has some economists convinced things are actually getting better not worse. erika miller reports. reporter: if you are looking for the message in today s employment report, look no further than this manhattan intersection. it s a messy report. it s a little bit like the new york city streets r
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt tom: good evening. susie gharib is off tonight. i m joined by my colleague suzanne pratt. suzanne, the nation s job market is still in crisis. there were, however, some conflicting signs as to just how bad things are in the latest employment report today. suzanne: tom, first and foremost, job creation in january was a huge disappointment. a scant 36,000 positions were added to company payrolls last month. that s a far cry from the roughly 150,000 expected. on the other hand, the unemployment rate fell to 9%. it s lowest level in two years. tom: that has some economists convinced things are actually getting better not worse. erika miller reports. reporter: if you are looking for the message in today s employment report, look no further than this manhattan intersection. it s a messy report. it s a little bit like the new york city streets r