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Jul 3, 2014

Marketplace for Thursday July 3, 2014

The latest jobs figures from the Department of Labor show the unemployment rate fell to 6.1 percent last month. That’s the lowest since 2008, when the Great Recession kicked in. We explore how the jobs landscape has changed since then and what people are saying about having – or not having – a job. Plus, President Obama says immigration reform, if passed, could lead to $1.4 trillion in additional growth – we unpack, fact-check and explain this figure.

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The latest jobs figures from the Department of Labor show the unemployment rate fell to 6.1 percent last month. That’s the lowest since 2008, when the Great Recession kicked in. We explore how the jobs landscape has changed since then and what people are saying about having – or not having – a job. Plus, President Obama says immigration reform, if passed, could lead to $1.4 trillion in additional growth – we unpack, fact-check and explain this figure.