Jason Weinstein, an account manager for Workforce1 Healthcare, discusses job opportunities with attendees at JobEXPO's job fair on Wednesday in New York. The number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose last week, after falling to a nearly four-year low the previous week. (Bebeto Matthews/AP)
12:24 pm ET -The fourth quarter 2.8 percent GDP increase represents a pickup from the 1.8 percent pace seen in the prior quarter, but it was lower than economists expected. And unemployment remains high.
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