U.S. unemployment decrease reflects more workforce dropouts

Name: U.S. unemployment decrease reflects more workforce dropouts
Uploaded: 2014-09-06T22:44:32Z
Duration: P185S
Description: According to Friday's jobs report, the unemployment rate dropped from 6.2 percent to 6.1 percent. However, the number of Americans dropping out of the workforce rose. Sudeep Reddy of the Wall Street Journal joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington to talk about the long-term effects these exits may have on the nation's economy.

Clip: 09/06/2014 | 3m 5s

According to Friday's jobs report, the unemployment rate dropped from 6.2 percent to 6.1 percent. However, the number of Americans dropping out of the workforce rose. Sudeep Reddy of the Wall Street Journal joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington to talk about the long-term effects these exits may have on the nation's economy.

Aired: 09/06/14

Rating: NR

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