Steve Benen is a producer for "The Rachel Maddow Show," the editor of MaddowBlog and an MS NOW political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of "Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans' War on the Recent Past."
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Unemployment rate drops to lowest point in more than 9 years
The unemployment rate continues to improve, dropping from 4.9% to 4.6%. It's the lowest jobless rate Americans have seen since August 2007.