Economic Indicators
Employment and Unemployment: National
Updated: June 7, 2013
Monthly analysis of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national employment report.
Today’s jobs report is crystal-clear evidence that we’re in a slog
| 12:07 pm, June 7, 2013
The latest jobs report showed 175,000 jobs were added in May. This rate of growth is right in line with the average growth rate of the last year (176,000) and is a perfect example of the ongoing slog in the labor market.
Posted June 7, 2013 |
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The number of underemployed workers, including those unemployed, involuntary part-time for economic reasons, and marginally attached, 2000-2013
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Payroll employment and the number of jobs needed to keep up with the growth in the potential labor force, 2000-2013
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The share of the unemployed who have been jobless for six months or more, 1948-2013
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Previous reports
At a time of persistent economic weakness, today’s jobs report represents an ongoing disaster
Posted on May 3, 2013 | 1:33 pm
The unemployment rate is hugely underestimating slack in the labor market
Posted on April 5, 2013 | 12:53 pm
February caps off three years of job growth, but much more is needed to fill employment deficit
Posted on March 8, 2013 | 1:35 pm
