CNNW Erin Burnett OutFront August 4, 2012
the dow is up 217 points, the reason, the jobs numbers for july was better than anyone was looking for. the total number, 163,000 jobs created last month. as you can see, the prediction was 100,000. we need about 125,000 jobs created per month, just to keep up with population growth. so this report does that. but look at the rest of the year. i mean, we haven't been able to clear that hurdle since march. it's been a really grim stretch. so there was a little bit of relief today. the bottom line is this. the american economy only has to add another 316,000 jobs to get back to where it...