The country added jobs in November, the 26th consecutive month of gains: 146,000 nonfarm payroll jobs, to be more precise. But employment still has a long way to go before returning to its prerecession level.
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Comparing Recessions and Recoveries
The country added jobs in November, the 26th consecutive month of gains: 146,000 nonfarm payroll jobs, to be more precise. But employment still has a long way to go before returning to its prerecession level.
Mean-Spirited, Bad Economics
Punishing the long-term unemployed by refusing to extend benefits is bad economics and cruel social policy, an economist writes.
What Do You Call This ‘Recovery’?
Looking for a word to describe a period that is neither an adequate job generator nor a genuine contraction.
Consumer Spending: The Chicken or the Egg
Do job losses cause consumer slumps? Or vice-versa?
Where the Jobs Were Lost
Higher-income people fared much better on the employment front during the recession than those in lower-paying jobs, an economist writes.
Grim News for Those Out of Job Market
Those workers who were not even counted in the official unemployment rate fared uniformly worse in September.
Comparing Recessions: Job Recovery
Since the downturn began in December 2007, the economy has shed, on net, about 5.6 percent of its nonfarm payroll jobs.