Jobs Report Shows Unemployment Steady, but There’s Underlying Trouble

Zachary Karabell says the kinds of positions added—and not added—aren’t necessarily reassuring.

Published Mar. 9 2012 10:47AM EST

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Friday’s monthly dose of official information about the U.S. employment picture, a.k.a. the jobs report, showed very little change. The official unemployment rate stayed the same, at 8.3

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Jobs Report Shows Unemployment Steady, but There’s Underlying Trouble

Zachary Karabell says the kinds of positions added—and not added—aren’t necessarily reassuring.

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Zachary Karabell