# Prof. Thomas Cooley on the outlook for US jobs

1 Faculty News March 9, 2012 ![The Washington Post logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_031074.jpg?itok=f6OME_Rm)>

Excerpt from [The Washington Post](http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/economy-adds-227k-jobs-in-feb-unemployment-rate-unchanged/2012/03/09/gIQAt01B1R_story.html) -- "'There’s kind of continued steady improvement in the employment situation,' said [Tom Cooley](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/thomas-cooley), economics professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business. But, he added, 'It’s not anything like what we would like to see.'"

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