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Making Sen$e with Paul Solman: What’s driving the good jobs news for the month of June?
Updated: July 3 2014,
Author: barrel fan
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The unemployment rate in the U.S. dropped to 6.1 percent in June, its lowest point since just before the financial crisis of 2008. Moreover, a strong hiring report is lifting hopes that momentum is building in the jobs market. Economics correspondent Paul Solman takes a closer look at what, and who, is driving the numbers.