Spinning America’s Shrinking Workforce
While the mainstream media trumpets the “good news” of declining unemployment, this website has consistently drawn attention to the reason for that decline – America’s...
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Mehrens: Happy Days Are Here Again?
by Letters
Even with winter storms sweeping across the nation the economic news from Washington D.C. is coming up roses, with the U.S. economy creating more than...
October Jobs Report: Mass Workforce Exodus
by FITSNews
The American economy shed nearly one million workers in October – plunging its already low labor participation rate from 63.2 to 62.8 percent – the...
90,609,000 Problems (But A Job Ain’t One)
by FITSNews
90,609,000 … That’s a big number isn’t it? And while it doesn’t get the same play in the mainstream media as America’s increasingly meaningless “official”...
#Shutdown: Obama Threatens To Withhold Jobs Report
by FITSNews
U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration is threatening to withhold the federal government’s September jobs report due to the partial government shutdown which began on October...
The Future For Jobs Is Scary
by FITSNews
Think the post-recessionary “New Normal” is a bummer? You ain’t seen nothing yet … According to a truly scary study by Oxford University economists Carl...
SC Labor Participation Rate Slips
by FITSNews
South Carolina’s labor participation rate is once again hovering near record lows – sliding to 58.7 percent in June, according to data obtained by FITS...
U.S. Unemployment Rate Down Slightly
by FITSNews
The U.S. economy created an estimated 165,000 jobs in April, while March’s disappointing data was updated to reflect the creation of an additional 50,000 jobs...
Historic SC Labor Participation Rate Data
by FITSNews
We haven’t had many nice things to say about S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley’s Department of Employment and Workforce (SCDEW) – the agency that was supposed...
Terrible Jobs Report
by FITSNews
Ruh-roh, “recovery.” Hiring slowed sharply last month as the United States economy added only 88,000 jobs – its worst performance in nine months and less...