employment
Drop in unemployment rate shows signs of an economic reprieve
Feb 6th
By Neil Irwin, Michael A. Fletcher and Kafia Hosh
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, February 6, 2010
A surprising dip in the unemployment rate for January offers promise that the job market is finally stabilizing after a long, steep decline.
The latest employment data released Friday was not uniformly positive. The nation shed an additional 20,000 jobs last month, [...]