Down .2 percent, 243K jobs added. Looks like actual job growth, and not people giving up as usual. Good news for the administration, although not that good:
…they’re still woefully underperforming their promises with regard to the economy. Still, baby steps and all that, right?
A baby could do better!
Looks like the largest jumps are in food service, healthcare, and retail.
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Interestingly, waitresses, candy stripers, and perfume snipers (sorry, “medical techs” now…) are easily added and low-paying positions. Waitressing, interestingly enough, is one of the few jobs that pays below minimum wage – they assume tips will make the difference. Adding them, though, reduces the take-home of the others in the field.
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This doesn’t look all that peachy to me.
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Mew
Eh… I question that there’s any real improvement. The unemployment number going down seems due more to far fewer people participating in the labor force: http://is.gd/RCfjAx .
Wrong, Moe. 1.2 million left the workforce, for a net loss of….you do the math.