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Numbers. are they a sign that the recovery has sputtered? >> it probably is a sign. i think that we are at this point, i mean, you were asking a question earlier if we were better off than we were a year ago and we definitely are. if you take away the fact that we lost nearly 150,000 census jobs, we did gain 71,000 private sector jobs, so we're still adding jobs instead of losing jobs, which is a sign of a recession. but clearly, things have stalled. we were adding a lot more jobs at the beginning of the year than we are now. we're not adding even enough jobs to make up for the fact of people ...

Providing a much-needed lifeline for hundreds of thousands of americans looking for work and now these temporary jobs are ending. unemployment remains stubbornly high despite the president's stimulus program. so there's a lot going on. steve centanni is live for us in washington. steve, tell us a little bit about what's different this year, about the census employment picture? >> reporter: well, jennifer, one thing are no hurry to leave their jobs with the census. in the past the census employees often gave early notice they were leaving so they could move on, take better jobs with better wage...

As you can imagine, the census workers. in the past census employees gave early notice that they were leaving because they had better opportunities, higher paying jobs they could go and take. this year there really aren't very many jobs out there so employers, these employees at the census are hanging around until the last minute. now, those last days of census employment are fast approving. in fact so many people left their census jobs in june that the jobless numbers for both overall payroll employment and for government employment reflected that the -- that decline and the labor department ...

Bad politics is today. but let me correct eric. those 76,000 jobs in pennsylvania were job increases in every sector, including the fact that pennsylvania's gain manufacturing jobs five months in a row. that hasn't happened in years. we are bouncing back. we're bouncing back in construction, in manufacturing, in green energy job, then a's one of the things the president is fuelling. green energy jobs. the stimulus has been a tremendous plus on green energy jobs. >> couldn't survive without it. >> not as fast as we like, but yes, it's happening in the private sector. government jobs have been r...

Decline and you don't see the jobs numbers increase. it makes you more concerned about your own job and more concerned about your own job and the less you are likely to spend. the real aspect is you see what happens to the stock market. the stock market declines and people's 401(k) look less flushed and less in capital gain when is it comes to the wealthy. >> i have to cut you off because we are about to get these remarks from the president at andrew's air force base before he heads to west virginia. >> good morning, everybody. before i depart, i would like to say a quick word about the state ...