What weak April jobs report could mean

May 5, 2012 5:02 AM

The April jobs numbers fell short of analysts' expectations. Though the unemployment rate dropped to 8.1 percent, only 115,000 private sector jobs were added. Jeff Glor spoke with Bloomberg Businessweek's Roben Farzad, who looked behind the numbers.

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