What the delayed jobs report says about the economy

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🗓️ 20 November 2025

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The Labor Department released September's monthly jobs report, showing employers added 119,000 jobs, which is the strongest increase since April. But it also shows the unemployment rate ticking up. NPR's Scott Horsley joins us.

Then, we speak with two California congressmen, Democrat Sam Liccardo and Republican Kevin Kiley, about their proposal to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits for another two years, as well as other health care reform ideas that lawmakers are considering ahead of a planned vote next month.

And, more than 4,000 students in the Cincinnati Public School System are experiencing homelessness. We hear from Rebeka Beach, program manager at Project Connect, the homeless advocacy organization within the school system, about its plan to help those students and their families.

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0:00.0	WBUR Podcasts, Boston.
0:07.7	Well, for 24,000 residents in my district and 22 million Americans across the country,
0:13.6	they're going to see their premiums more than double.
0:16.4	And so this is going to be a huge impact on a lot of folks who are struggling already to pay rent.
0:21.3	The cost of health care is skyrocketing unless Congress comes up with a fix soon.
0:36.1	It's Thursday, November 20th, and this is here and now anytime from NPR and WBOR.
0:41.6	I'm Chris Bentley.
0:45.4	Today on the show, a few assessments of the economy that don't have to do with the stock market.
0:51.8	We'll hear from two congressmen, a Republican and the Democrat,
0:54.6	who say they have a plan to address one major cost for American households, health care.
1:01.1	Also, homelessness is a major problem in public school districts across the country. In Cincinnati,
1:08.4	hundreds of students are sleeping outside or in their cars.
1:12.9	How a safe sleep lot is a first step in addressing the problem.
1:18.7	Really, the lot is a bridge, and we know it's not a solution.
1:22.5	Before we get to that story, it's been a little bit since we got some jobs numbers,
1:27.0	thanks to the government
1:27.8	shutdown. Today, we got a glimpse in the rearview mirror back to September and learned
1:33.1	employers added 119,000 jobs that month, making it the strongest hiring since April. But we
1:40.5	also learned unemployment is higher than it's been in years.
1:44.8	NPR's Scott Horsley joined Lisa Mullins to explain what it all means.
1:50.0	I'll do the best I can.
1:51.4	Well, yeah, because first question is, do the old numbers even matter?
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