Assistant Treasury Secretary for Economic Policy Krueger testifies on jobs in Washington
Assistant Treasury Secretary for Economic Policy Alan Krueger testifies before a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on creating jobs and growing the economy, in Washington on September 21, 2010. UPI/Kevin Dietsch
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The U.S. unemployment rate held steady in December at 7.8 percent, with 155,000 new non-farm jobs added, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.
The U.S. unemployment figures have turned Orwellian with an uptick viewed as positive by the administration -- more people looking for work -- and a downtick viewed as negative by the opposition -- fewer people in the jobs market.
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