Labor department unveils newest job numbers

Category: News Briefs - Original Published on Friday, 08 March 2013 10:25 Written by Mark Gongloff, huffingtonpost

Despite constant budget fights in Washington, the U.S. economy managed one of the best months for job gains in the past year in February, driving the unemployment rate to its lowest level in more than four years. But the job market would be even better, and the unemployment rate even lower, had not the government spent most of the recovery cutting spending and jobs. And though Wall Street may cheer February's jobs report, the pain of government cutbacks looks to get worse as the year goes on.

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