economic progress
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, [...]