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The following is a "closing segment" for the show which aired Friday, April 2, 2004 at 10:00 AM EST.
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U.S. payrolls rocket higher in March. Firms add 308,000 workers, a government report on Friday showed. Greg Ip, economics reporter for The Wall Street Journal, adds up the impact on the economic recovery.

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Greg Ip, reporter, The Wall Street Journal.

 
 

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