In each of the last three school years, the number of education jobs in state and local government has declined. The October employment report out Friday will show whether that trend has finally ended.
Category: jobs report
Getting the Number Wrong
Mitt Romney said there were 23 million Americans struggling to find work. But some of the groups in the calculation may have been counted twice.
Forecasting Unemployment
According to two economists with a new forecasting model, the jobless rate should stick pretty much where it is for months.
Taming Volatile Raw Data for Jobs Reports
A source of volatility in the last couple of months — and one of the biggest contributors to the bump in employment in September — was the group between the ages of 20 and 24.
Rise of the Reluctant Part-Timer Class
The unemployment rate fell substantially in September, but a large part of that increase appears to reflect people who found part-time work when they really wanted full-time work.
A Lift for the Worst Off
The really impressive figures in the jobs report were in the categories of people who have suffered the most.
From Jack Welch, a Conspiracy Theory
The former chief executive of General Electric went to Twitter to suggest that the Obama administration had manipulated the jobs numbers.
What to Look For in Friday’s Jobs Report
The September numbers due on Friday are likely to absorb heightened attention as the election draws near.
What the Jobs Numbers Mean for Fed Policy
While the July jobs numbers were better than forecast, they do not seem to have been sufficiently spectacular to change analysts’ expectations for Fed action.
A Give-and-Take on Jobs
The latest figures on jobs and unemployment have led to adjustments in The Times’s weekly election-year jobs tracker.