The Labor Department said the nation’s unemployment rate was 8.9 percent in February, down from 9 percent in January and sinking to a nearly two-year low.Austan Goolsbee:
“These numbers are very good — they’re an indication that we are close to off and running,” Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody’s Analytics, told CNBC Friday. msnbc
Friday, March 04, 2011
Unemployment Rate Shrinks to 8.9% in February
