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The jobs picture is improving. first-time unemployment claims are falling back to prerecession levels. last to the u.s. economy added 236,000 jobs. 36th month of consecutive private sector job growth. there is real reason for optimism. but i've also warned you about this -- dysfunction in washington threatens to trip our runner, the u.s. economy, just as it struggles to gain speed. which way is this thing going to go? christine romans is the host of "your bottom line." edward mcbride is the washington, d.c., bureau chief for the economist. ed, welcome to the show. you have written a special re...

First-time unemployment claims are falling back to prerecession levels. last to the u.s. economy added 236,000 jobs. 36th month of consecutive private sector job growth. there is real reason for optimism. but i've also warned you about this -- dysfunction in washington threatens to trip our runner, the u.s. economy, just as it struggles to gain speed. which way is this thing going to go? christine romans is the host of "your bottom line." edward mcbride is the washington, d.c., bureau chief for the economist. ed, welcome to the show. you have written a special report on america's competitivene...

Every month, i don't mean to get the ire of jack welsh, but people have dropped out, it's just not a steady measure. so what you need to think about is how many jobs get created every month, what is the quality of those job, how many hours a week are people work. and how much are they getting paid. that's what that christine romans is for. but overall it is actually a good jobs report. >> two thorns between two roses. let's go to the voice of reason, christine romans, with a closer look at what the numbers really mean. >> ali trying to know what we say. it's called a nice producer trying to ma...

And the final straw was his recent w-2 form, when it included 666. he knew then he simply had to go. >> don't accept any papers, any telephone bills, anything with number of devil. >> the company contech casting says it wants walter back on the job. it says it will issue him a new w-2 form and it's now banned the use of the number 666 anywhere within the company. seems to be a little bit of a strong reaction. >> he's a very religious man and 666 does mean the devil. >> remember that movie "the omen" from the '70s. remember the older boy's name in that movie? damian. which happens to be my midd...

Numbers. >> reporter: he says in such times americans find ways to dig deep, innovate -- the president mostly accentuated the positive saying june marked the 6th month of job growth. he contrasted that with the first 6 months of 2009. with 14.5 million people still looking for work, the president sought to reassure jobless americans that to borrow a phrase, he feels their pain. >> make no mistake. we are headed in the right direction. but as i was reminded on a trip to racine, wisconsin, earlier this week, we are not headed there fast enough for a lot of