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From NBC News, this is TODAY with Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira, live from studio 1A in Rockefeller It may be the bleakest <환경, 전망 등이> 어두운 indication yet. The nation is teetering 동요하다, 흔들리다 on the brink of ~하기 직전에 recession 불경기 as the economy last month unexpectedly shed 해고하다, 버리다 63,000 jobs. “This was a really lousy jobs report. It came as a surprise to most economists. Came as a surprise to Wall Street.”

 

Hardest hit? Manufacturing which lost 52,000 workers. Construction firms shed 39,000 jobs and retail stores dropped 34,000 employees. One of the few bright lights, the healthcare sector, which continues to hire.

 

Still, Kathy Murphy of St. Louis, with three decades of experience as an office manager, remains out of work. The helicopter flight school where she was employed shut down last month. Today, they were removing the company logo from the building. She searches daily. So far, to no avail 보람없이, 헛되이. “Extremely frustrating 좌절감을 느낄 정도의. I don’t even get rejections. I just hear nothing. Absolutely nothing.”

 

Today, the President met with his economic advisors who acknowledged that numbers are a sign the economy is slowing. President Bush said he believes recently announced tax rebates 세금환불 will begin to ease ~를 완화하다 the pain. “I know this is a difficult time for our economy, but we recognized the problem early and provided the economy with a booster shot 촉진제.”

 

And while the national unemployment rate did drop a tenth of a point to 4.8%, which should be good news. Some analysts say not in this job market. “We are seeing many people leave the workforce. Over 450,000 in February did not look for a job compared to the month before. That’s a problem.” As for Kathy Murphy, she vows not to give up. “Everyday you wake up hoping this is the day. You can’t give up that.” The job hunt goes on in spite of today’s stark report.

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