BLS Jobs Report Covering September 2013: End of Summer, No Improvement
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View ArticleThe BLS Jobs Report Covering October 2013: Effects of the Shutdown Mostly...
Body: The October 2013 shutdown of the federal government affected seasonally unadjusted data in the Household survey only. It did not affect seasonally adjusted data in the Household survey or any...
View ArticleThe BLS Report Covering November 2013: Effects of the Government Shutdown...
Body: In the household survey on employment, seasonally unadjusted, the October government shutdown took out expected October highs and created losses in numerous categories. In November, these were...
View ArticleThe BLS Jobs Report Covering December 2013: A Bad Report
Body: The short story is this. In the Household survey, seasonally adjusted unemployment fell an incredible three-tenths of a percent to 6.7% in December. The labor force is around 155 million. 0.3% of...
View ArticleBLS Jobs Report Covering January 2014: Revisions and Seasonal Lows
Body: The Brief VersionBecause of yearly revisions, direct December-January comparisons are dicey. I will just note that, in the business survey, seasonally adjusted 197,000 jobs were added December...
View ArticleThe Jobs Report Covering February 2014: Seasonal Signs of Life But Nowhere...
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View ArticleWhen job creators create lousy jobs
Body: Raw jobs numbers are often reported as though they tell most of the story, but the quality of the jobs is more important than the quantity.Cross posted from Pruning Shears.
View ArticleThe Jobs Report For March 2014: After A Long Winter, The Economy Plays Some...
Body: The Brief VersionThe usual seasonal spring rebuild in jobs was delayed a little this year due to the extended and severe winter. In March, some of this ground was recovered making it a...
View ArticleBad Jobs And Worse Commentary
Body: In an April 27, 2014 article entitled Recovery Has Created Far More Low-Wage Jobs Than Better-Paid Ones by Annie Lowrey, the New York Times finally got around to acknowledging what many of us...
View ArticleThe BLS Jobs Report Covering April 2014: A Tale of Two Contradictory Reports...
Body: The Brief Version This is a very schizophrenic jobs report. In the seasonally adjusted “official” data, the unemployment rate dropped an amazing four-tenths of a percent to 6.3% but this was...
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