Jobless Rate Reaches Lowest Level In 2 Years

L.A. Times - Business, Los Angeles Times: Business
Fri, 04/01/2011 - 9:00pm

Strong job growth last month spreads optimism about the economic recovery and boosts Obama's reelection prospects. The nation's job-creation engine revved up last month and pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in two years, spreading optimism the economic recovery is firmly in place and giving President Obama a political boost.

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