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We have to increase exports. he said we're going to double exports in five years. that's going to boost our economy. >> -- is the 9.5% unemployment. >> yes. >> people in your administration as early as last november and december were saying we're in the beginning of a recovery -- >> yes. >> -- and unemployment is always a lagging indicator. it will begin to go down. here we are eight months later. >> yes. the fact is that it went down from 10.2% to 9.5%. but the important thing is the direction. we went from losing 750,000 jobs the month the president took office to six months of private secto...

Economy. >> but the 9.5% unemployment. >> yes. >> people in your administration, as early as last november and december, were saying we're in the beginning of a recovery -- >> yes. >> -- and unemployment is always a lagging indicator. it will begin to go down. and here we are eight months later -- >> yes. the fact is that it went down from 10.2 to 9.5. but the important thing is the direction. we went from losing 750,000 jobs the month the president took office to six months of private sector job gain. do we feel like we need to do more? yes. and every single day, we're working on things to in...

Plant. that wouldn't have happened but for what we did. there are millions of people working in this country because of things we have done. we have to accelerate that. he said we're going to double exports in five years. that's going to boost our economy. >> but the 9.5% unemployment. >> yes. >> people in your administration as early as last november and december were saying we're in the beginning of a recovery -- >> yes. >> -- and unemployment is always a lagging indicator. it will begin to go down. here we are eight months later -- >> yes. the fact is that it went down from 10.2 to 9.5. but...

Helping more of our people reach for the american dream again. >> you may feel the recession is over or you may feel it's not. let's take a look at just how this is decided. this is a very technical decision. the national bureau of economic research makes the call and says it's premature to pinpoint an end of the recession. the likely end of this recession was in the summertime last months. but one thing worth noting and many know firsthand unemployment usually keeps rising well after a recession ends, a lagging indicator. let's go over to the magic wall and look at some of the other statistic...

Created. it wasn't a surge but jobs were created. that was a little blip. the overall trend has been consistent towards job losses. is march the change month where we go from losses to job creation? you know, there is an awful lot riding politically on this number that comes out this morning. the administration wants to see a big job creation number. it wants to say that the turn has come, we're on the right path. the stimulus plan worked. they'll make a big deal out of this. >> the government always says it's a lagging indicator. >> sure. >> jobs, of a turn around. >> it is. >> that's a valid...