Tag Archives: non-farm payrolls

Some Facts Behind The ‘Headline’ June Jobs Report!

Weakness, unfortunately, permeates the June jobs report! It’s likely when President Obama steps before the microphone today he will tout the fact that the economy added over 200,000 jobs and that the unemployment rate ticked down to 5.3% from 5.5%. Some in the media will also focus on the two headline numbers without checking the […]

The Jobs Report: Is The Nation Really Only .5% From Full Employment?

If we use 5% as the benchmark for full employment in the United States and the unemployment number released on Friday was 5.5%, then by extension.. …the nation is only 1/2 of 1% from reaching a significant milestone that would seem to indicate total recovery from the horror that was the financial crisis of a […]