and laura tyson, i'll turn to you first. how do you read this report? >> well, i read it as encouraging. but encouraging and moderate. it's encouraging because we have private sector employment growth. and actually the revisions to this report for january and february say that the economy on average has produced about 54,000 jobs a month for the first quarter of this year. think about how encouraging that is when you look at what was happening just a year ago in the first quarter when the economy was losing 750,000 jobs a month. so we have clearly dramatically turned a corner. but i would use the word modest here because we have a number of special factors in this report, the 48,000 census workers, the fact that the march numbers look stronger because of february numbers were weaker, because of bad weather. and then finally i would just say that the standard here is how many jobs a month do we need simply to absorb the increase in the labor force and bring the unemployment rate down. that's got to start averaging about 100 to 150,000 jobs a month to rea

on the newshour tonight, judy woodruff looks at the numbers with economists laura tyson and glenn hubbard. >> lehrer: and paul solman reports on getting and paying jobless benefits in florida. >> my benefits are on hold until they can get confirmation from the employer which could take three to six weeks. i said look, you know, i have a family, this is a family of five. how is it that we have to wait this long for these benefits. >> brown: then, a debate about who should own the rights to gene research. >> lehrer: and the analysis of mark shields and david brooks. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour is provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> lehrer: the u.s. economy showed new life in numbers today from the labor department. employers, public and private, added more than 160,000 new jobs. judy woodruff has the story. >> woodruff: by any measure, more am

former council of economic advisers chairman laura tyson weighs in. you're watching cnbc, first in business worldwide. >>> well, warm weather is here, but there hasn't been a thaw. since presidents day, what's behind the slowdown? we'll talk about that as we kickoff financial literacy month in the u.s. and i'm joined by the chairman of the financial literacy commission here. together they are launching a new initiative today. it's great to have you both on the program. >> nice to be here. >> duncan, this is financial literacy month, this is why you're launching it right now. >> the launch was meant to coincide with financial literacy month, the whole month of april. we'll be doing a whole bunch of events culminating the week of the 26th, every opening and closing bell will be centered around financial literacy. >> that's terrific. so i'm looking at the website here. it's www.nysemoneysense.com. let me have you, what are the features of this and why now? >> well, the country has just come through very difficult times economically. we're all concerned a

laura tyson from uc-berkeley. i have a particular affinity with laura. she is the only woman running a major business schools in this nation. she has distinguished herself in the public sector for years. choose the national economic adviser to president clinton, the highest ranking woman. she also graduated from smith college and has a ph.d. in economics from mit. we have brilliance on this stage and we are thrilled that they are here to talk to rest today. what we are going to do, and i want some participation, we are going to talk about the landscape and challenges in a particularly differ -- difficult time in our nation's history. what is it like out there if you want a job? what does it feel like? how hard do you have to fight? i have the feeling these women fought similar battles throughout their career. >> it is an extraordinary time to come into the market. the rule books are being written. despite what you hear, good companies and good organizations are always looking for great people. in any kind of environment, if you are a great person, smart,