A look behind the jobs numbers

The Labor Department reported today that the U.S. economy added 117,000 jobs in July and the unemployment rate went down to 9.1 percent.

MPR's Cathy Wurzer spoke with Marketplace Money economics editor Chris Farrell about the numbers.

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