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Economist explains what the latest jobs report and inflation data means

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Jed Kolko of the Peterson Institute for International Economics if he is alarmed by Friday's weaker-than-expected jobs report.

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Ayesha Rascoe is the host of Weekend Edition Sunday and the Saturday episodes of Up First.