October Jobs Report: Labor Force Exodus Resumes
FINAL PRE-ELECTION REPORT ISSUED … The final government jobs report prior to next Tuesday’s elections is in … and the numbers aren’t good. According to the...
Labor Participation Rate
August Jobs Report Backtracks
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THERE’S TROUBLING WAGE DATA, TOO … After back-to-back months of fairly robust job growth (in quantity, anyway), the U.S. employment situation dimmed a bit during...
Palmetto Labor Participation Rate Slips Further
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SOUTH CAROLINA WORKFORCE IS SHRINKING AGAIN … The percentage of South Carolina’s working age population that’s participating in the labor force dipped again in July...
SC Labor Participation Rate Slips Again
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PALMETTO STATE’S WORKFORCE LOSES GROUND Is it a “great day in South Carolina?” No … at least not according to the latest workforce data. The...
Jobs Disaster: Worst Print Since 2010
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LABOR FORCE IMPLOSION … The U.S. economy produced a dismal 38,000 jobs in May, according to data released this week by the Bureau of Labor...
SC Labor Participation Rate Ticked Up In December
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… WHICH IS BETTER THAN TICKING DOWN The Palmetto State’s lagging labor participation rate ticked up modestly in December to 59.2 percent – up from...
Terrible Jobs Data
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LABOR PARTICIPATION CONTINUES TO PLUMMET … WAGES FLAT The federal government released a truly abysmal September 2015 jobs report this week (.pdf here), with only...
94 Million Americans Not In Labor Force …
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AND WAGES OF MOST WORKERS NOT KEEPING PACE WITH INFLATION … || By FITSNEWS || The number of working age Americans not participating in the...
Jobs Report: The Disintegration Of America’s Work Force Continues
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LABOR PARTICIPATION PLUNGES TO 1977 LEVELS … || By FITSNEWS || A record 93.6 million working age Americans were not part of the labor force...
Jobs Go Bust
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RECORD 93.2 MILLION WORKING AGE AMERICANS OUT OF LABOR FORCE … || By FITSNEWS || Remember that “jobs recovery?” The one in which low-paying, part-time...