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PODCAST: Jobs up; wages… well…

It's Jobs Friday. Celebrate responsibly.

As part of our program’s 25th anniversary, we’ve been tracking the odd ways prices have changed over that period. According to a cellular phone industry group, the average monthly cell phone bill has dropped from an inflation adjusted 151 dollars back in 1989 to 47 dollars now. Plus: Chris Low of FTN Financial gives us some perspective on the 214,000 jobs added to payrolls this month.

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