Tag Archives: long-term unemployed

Analysis Of The October Jobs Report: What Does It All Mean?

In other words, will the Fed raise rates? On its surface the October jobs report blew away expectations showing that the economy added 280,000 jobs when the ‘experts’ and analysts were expecting only a 180,000 job add! In addition the unemployment rate ticked down to 5% from 5.1%. These results would make even the most […]

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 […]