The U.S. economy added 215,000 jobs in March, considered to be a healthy sign of economic growth. At the same time, the unemployment rate rose slightly, from 4.9 to 5 percent. How does that happen?
To discuss the latest jobs report, which also showed that average hourly earnings rose by 0.3 percent in the last month, Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson speaks with NPR’s Marilyn Geewax.
Guest
- Marilyn Geewax, senior business editor at NPR. She tweets @geewaxnpr.
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