Economic growth stuck in a rut

Economic growth stuck in a rut

January 4, 2013 4:18 PM

For the past two years, the nation's economy has been stuck in a rut, creating an average of 153,000 jobs a month. And, as Anthony Mason reports, at that pace, the unemployment rate won't drop below six percent until well after 2020.

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