Economy continues to add jobs, but not fast enough to make campaigning easy for President Obama.

The Labor Department reported the U.S. economy added 200,00 jobs in December and the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level since 2009.

In Europe, some countries in the north are doing well while in southern countries like Italy and Spain, unemployment is skyrocketing.

The December jobs report showed that 200,000 new jobs were created in the month, and the unemployment rate dropped to 8.5, the lowest rate since February 2009.

Hilda Solis, the Secretary of the Labor Department, discusses the jobs picture today, and where we still need to improve.

Wilshire WorkSource is one of over 50 jobs training centers in Los Angeles County. But as they economy continues to suffer, layoffs are hitting the one place whose goal it is to help the unemployed find work.

Economists say today's jobless rate of 8.5 percent might have been higher if it weren't for more unemployed professionals starting their own home-based businesses.

The nation's economy added 200,000 jobs in the month of December, while the jobless rate ticked down to 8.5 percent.

Fewer people lined up for unemployment benefits last week, which, if sustained, could drop the jobless rate in the longer term.

Despite record-low mortgage rates, Americans are yet to wade back into home-ownership.