Saturday, January 07, 2012

What does Friday's jobs report really mean?


We welcome the "jobs" improvement.  We are now at 8.5% which is a lot better than all of that 9% stuff from the last two years.

Nevertheless, should we call it a recovery?  Are we really sure that the economy is growing once again?

There are some legitimate questions about the numbers.  Is the unemployment number real?  Are we really measuring employment levels given the participation rate?

I found this rather interesting: Real Jobless Rate Is 11.4% With Realistic Labor Force Participation Rate

Is the rate dropping because we are creating jobs or because we are fooling with the participation rate?  I'm not trying to start "conspiracies" but it is a fair question.

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