Description: The News Hub covers the nation’s unemployment rate, that ticked up to 9.2% in June. The rise in jobless figures, coupled with only 18,000 non-farm payrolls created, has some calling into question the prospects for economic recovery.

Source: Marketwatch.com – video report

Date: 07/08/2011

Link:  http://www.marketwatch.com/video/asset/am-report-higher-jobless-rate-may-thwart-recovery/DDDB1206-F400-4733-8ECE-800C734ED4F0

Questions for discussion:

• Summarize the economic consequences of the jobs reports?
• How do you think the Fed will respond?
• What should investors do at this time?
• What should businesses do?