Jobs Report Spin and Population Growth

By: alanjoelny (Diary)  |  April 10th at 07:28 PM  | 

There was a lot of discussion this past weekend on the Sunday talk show circuit regarding the March Jobs Report released last Friday. Only 88,000 jobs were added in March. Compared to February, which added 268,000 jobs, this is a 180,000 drop. Actually, more like a plummet: economists had figured more than twice that number would be added. However, this number was the lowest jobs | Read More »

Unemployment on the Uptick Again?

By: alanjoelny (Diary)  |  December 6th at 12:06 PM  | 

Tomorrow is the first Friday of the month — when unemployment numbers get released. This morning, Gallup released the results of its survey. It announced that, U.S. unemployment, as measured by Gallup without seasonal adjustment, was 7.8% for the month of November, up significantly from 7.0% for October. Gallup’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is 8.3%, nearly a one-point increase over October’s rate. . The article | Read More »