March 2022 Unemployment Data–the Full Count (U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS) OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT: 3.6%*[ANALYSES by EXPERTS] White 3.2% African American 6.2% Hispanic 4.2% Asian¹ 2.8% Persons with a disability¹ 8.8% Men 20 years and over 3.4% Women 20 years and over 3.3% Teens (16-19 years) 10.0% Black… Read More Unemployment Data–MARCH 2022
By TRUDY GOLDBERG, NOREEN CONNELL and ALAN AJA NEW YORK DAILY NEWS |MAR 19, 2022 https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-adams-jobs-20220319-wuaikeoc5vbkjlp7bbgzcpteqe-story.html Amid the crowded Democratic primary for mayor, some candidates, including Maya Wiley, Dianne Morales and Scott Stringer, promised upwards of 100,000 new jobs with “hire local” provisions. But candidate Eric Adams had no such plans. He asserted that “the biggest problem is not lack of… Read More The problem, Mr. Mayor, is too few jobs — not too little access
By FRANK STRICKER The Employment Situation for February included pretty good numbers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that job totals were up significantly–678,000 for non-farm businesses and government organizations. The official unemployment rate dropped two-tenths of a percent to 3.8%. These numbers suggest that January’s fairly good… Read More How Good Was the February 2022 Jobs Report?
February 2022 Unemployment Data–the Full Count (U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS) OFFICIAL UNEMPLOYMENT: 3.8%*[ANALYSES by EXPERTS] White 3.3% African American 6.6% Hispanic 4.4% Asian¹ 3.1% Persons with a disability¹ 8.8% Men 20 years and over 3.5% Women 20 years and over 3.6% Teens (16-19 years) 10.3% Black… Read More Unemployment Data–FEBRUARY 2022
By FRANK STRICKER The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) job report offered some surprises, especially in light of dire predictions about the Omicron crisis. At first glance the impact seemed slight. The official unemployment rate of 4% was up just a tenth of a point. And job totals from the survey of business and… Read More Good News? The Jobs Reports for January, 2022
