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
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