Works of December show Friday was a big disappointment, showing the economy gained only 74k jobs last month. Economists had expected the economy to win about 200 thousand jobs. The unemployment rate, however, decreased to 6.7% as 347K frustrated job seekers have given up and left the labor force. We are in a world upside down, where a drop in the unemployment rate is a bad sign for the economy. The global workforce contracted sharply last year. In December 2012, 155.4 million workers had jobs or were actively looking for one. Last month, however, 154.9 million were in the labor force, down …
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5 recent posts for today:
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