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opinion pages of the Wall Street Journal this is is Potomac Watch. Are we in an economic golden age?

And if we are, why do Americans say they feel like it's more of a bronze age? The economic numbers

look good if you listen to government statistics, but Americans don't seem to feel it. So what is going on

in the American economy? That's our subject today on Potomac Watch. I'm Paul Giego here on the

daily podcast of Wall Street Journal Opinion, and I'm here with two of my colleagues who are

economy watchers, Joe Sternberg and Alicia Finley.

So there was some good statistical news on Wednesday.

Delayed jobs report for the month of January, delayed due to the backup at the agency because of the autumn government shutdown.

But it showed that January job growth was much better than economists had expected.

130,000 net new jobs in the month, even better, 172,000 or so in the private economy,

thanks to a 42,000 job reduction in government hiring.

That's how you get to 130.

Let's listen to Kevin Hassett,

the White House economic czar, talk about the results.

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