When is a Bad Thing Really a Good Thing?

By Barbara Poole

When is what appears to be a bad number actually a good number?  The April jobs figures came out this week, and employers added 290,000 jobs to the economy, indicating a long awaited turnaround to the jobs decline.   At the same time, unemployment jumped to 9.9%, which on the surface seems bad.  It’s actually good [...]

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