Making sense of unemployment numbers

Making sense of unemployment numbers

August 4, 2012 4:43 PM

For two years, starting in early 2008, 7.5 million American jobs were lost. Then, in the last 22 months, some four million jobs were created. CBS MoneyWatch editor Jack Otter helps put the unemployment numbers into perspective.

Job-creation picks up steam in July
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