The largest downturn in state and local government jobs since the Korean War continues.
Category: jobs report
A Downward Trend, and Maybe a Nail-Biter
The recent jobs reports, and Moody’s projections, continue to suggest that this presidential election will remain close.
Who’s in Charge of Fixing This?
Those waiting for the Federal Reserve to take new action might do better to watch the inflation rate than the jobs numbers.
Another (Seasonally Adjusted) Slowdown
Are job gains really withering as the recovery falters? Or is much of the reported change caused by misleading seasonal adjustments?
Jobs Forecast Shifts the Electoral Outlook
The latest projections by Moody’s Analytics for monthly job growth still point to a close race for the White House. But the odds of a mini-boom that would help the incumbent have faded.
A Lagging Recovery
Reasonably strong private-sector job growth has been offset by government layoffs.
Unemployment, Beyond the Rate
By a broad measure of unemployment, including discouraged and underemployed workers, 23 million Americans are looking for jobs.
Getting Better, Slowly
The jobs report may not be as bad as it appears. Taking revisions from past months into account, it appears the job market continues to improve, but slowly.
Reaction to April Jobs Report, in Tweets
What would a jobs report be without sharp opinions about what it all means?
Structural Unemployment and Good Jobs
Inadequate demand — rather than mismatches between job requirements and skills — is the major reason for the elevated unemployment rate, an economist writes. But even as the jobless rate declines, skill requirements for good jobs will continue to rise.