US jobs report paints mixed picture - a podcast by BBC World Service

The US economy added just 199,000 jobs in December but unemployment also fell to 3.9%. Ken Rogoff is a former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund, and currently professor of economics at Harvard University, and explains what the figures actually mean. Also in the programme, France's President Macron and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen have been marking the start of France's six month presidency of the Council of the European Union. Maria Demetzis is deputy director of the research institute Bruegel, and tells us what France's economic priorities are likely to be, and we also get the perspective of Mireille Clapot, who is a French Member of Parliament for Mr Macron's En Marche party. The BBC's Vivienne Nunis reports on the potential for gene-based medicine. Plus, with excitement building ahead of football tournament the African Cup of Nations, which gets under way in Cameroon on Sunday, the BBC's Salim Kikeke in Yaounde discusses the potential economic impact of hosting the event.

Today's edition is presented by Mike Johnson and produced by Nisha Patel, Russell Newlove, Joshua Thorpe and Philippa Goodrich.

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