Weaker U.S. Jobs Report Prompts More Questions Over Size of Labor Force

PBS Friday 6th April, 2012

New jobs numbers released Friday showed unemployment ticking down to 8.2 percent, the lowest since January 2009, despite only 121,000 jobs added in March. Judy Woodruff and The Economist's Greg Ip discuss what's behind the weaker-than-expected report and why many Americans appear to be dropping out of the labor force altogether.

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