(Bloomberg Business) — April brought another month of strong jobs growth, with the unemployment rate dropping to 5.4 percent, it's lowest level since May 2008.
Despite the improvement, the country has a long way to go before workers are out of the woods.
Unemployment figures tell only a part of the story, merely counting people actively looking for work. The number doesn't fully capture all of those sidelined from employment, such as discouraged workers who have given up looking for jobs or the marginally disabled collecting benefits who might seek employment in a stronger economy.
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