Gary Burtless of the Brookings Institution says that there have been some positive signs in the job market, but the situation is precarious.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the U.S. created 120,000 new jobs in the month of November, while the national unemployment rate fell to a surprising 8.6 percent.

America's unemployment rate for the month of November fell to 8.6 percent. We have reaction from a leading White House economist.

Job numbers out for November show that 275,000 people say they found jobs, but at the same time 315,000 people became so frustrated that they stopped looking for jobs.

We talk with Washington reporter Nancy Marshall-Genzer about the top stories from this week.

The unemployment rate hits its lowest level in two and a half years, but not all the numbers are so rosy.

The new jobs-added numbers were good, but they don't explain the big drop in the unemployment rate.

John Challenger of Challenger, Gray & Christmas speaks about his company's November jobs numbers, which show some signs of improvement

Paul Ashworth of Capital Economics explains why the nation's current employment measures, while not stellar, are positive signs for the future.