• Brookings on Job Numbers

  Some Good News on April Job Growth

  Gary Burtless | May 3, 2013 11:52am

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  Last month’s gloomy jobs report was partially erased by better news in this month’s report as employers reported payroll gains of 165,000 in April. Gary Burtless explains how the job market continues to improve painfully slowly from its worst downturn since the depression.  Read More

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• Brookings on Job Numbers

  Should the United States Have 2.2 Million More Jobs?

  Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney, The Hamilton Project | May 3, 2013 10:30am

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  Following the last five recessions in U.S. history, the economy added government jobs—an average of 1.7 million, in fact—that helped spur our economic recovery. In contrast, during our recovery from the Great Recession, the economy has shed more than 500,000 government jobs. In this month's Hamilton Project employment analysis, Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney explore the trajectory of public sector employment since the Great Recession. The findings show that if the policy response to this recession had been similar to the response after other recent recessions, the economy would have about 2.2 million more jobs today.  Read More

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• Brookings on Job Numbers

  Unemployment Projected to Remain at 7.6 Percent for April, But Expected to Drop Faster in Near Future

  Regis Barnichon | May 2, 2013 10:30am

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  In his monthly update of the Barnichon-Nekarda model, Regis Barnichon writes that unemployment is projected to stay at 7.6 percent in April 2013, but the pace of decline is increasing.  Read More

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• Brookings on Job Numbers

  Bad News in March: Tepid Job Gains and a Shrinking Workforce

  Gary Burtless | April 5, 2013 10:49am

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  The slower-than-expected job gains in March may foreshadow a slowdown in payroll growth over the next few months as fiscal contraction at the federal level begins to bite, writes Gary Burtless. Burtless examines the disappointing BLS jobs report for March, finding that most of the drop since last November is explained by continued weakness in the job market and the decline in the availability of long-term unemployment benefits.  Read More

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  An Evidence-Based Approach to Improving Worker Training Programs

  Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney, The Hamilton Project | April 5, 2013 9:13am

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  In this month’s employment analysis, The Hamilton Project's Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney explore how the use of evidence and data could help workers determine which training programs can most effectively help them find employment and increase their earnings.  Read More

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• Brookings on Job Numbers

  Unemployment Projected to Rise Very Slightly to 7.8% for March

  Regis Barnichon | April 3, 2013 12:00am

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  Regis Barnichon projects that the Bureau of Labor Statistics jobs numbers being released on April 5, 2013 will show that the unemployment rate will tick up to 7.8% for March and will likely drop to 7.6% for September.  Read More

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• Brookings on Job Numbers

  Sizeable Job Gains, but a Long Way from Good Health

  Gary Burtless | March 8, 2013 12:26pm

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  Gary Burtless looks at the factors behind the lowest unemployment rate since December 2008, explaining where employment gains were made while noting that the labor market remains a long way from robust good health.

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  Sequestration’s Threat to America’s Most Vulnerable

  Adam Looney and Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney, The Hamilton Project | March 8, 2013 9:23am

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  In this month’s employment analysis, The Hamilton Project’s Michael Greenstone and Adam Looney look at current poverty trends in the United States, the important role of government support programs, and how sequestration could remove critical aspects of the safety net in the midst of continued labor-market weakness.  Read More

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• Brookings on Job Numbers

  Unemployment Projected to Decline to 7.8 Percent for February

  Regis Barnichon | March 5, 2013 12:00pm

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  Regis Barnichon predicts that the unemployment rate will decline to 7.8% in February, going down to an unemployment rate of 7.4% by September 2013.  Read More

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• Brookings on Job Numbers

  Upward Revisions Offer Brighter Picture of Job Growth

  Gary Burtless | February 1, 2013 4:05pm

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  While this latest job report showed unemployment ticking up slightly, Gary Burtless says a more interesting aspect is the revision of the past two years' payroll numbers, which shows that the job gains of 2011 and 2012 were substantially higher than previously estimated.  Read More

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