By Frank Stricker January 20, 2026 Bits of Good News First The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Employment Situation for December showed several positives, although most were small. For example, unemployment was down for whites, African Americans, and the whole labor force. It fell from 30.7%… Read More 2025–Glad to See You Go? The December Jobs Report
by Frank Stricker August 12, 2025 The official unemployment rate was 4.1% in June. It had been 4.2% in July. It’s been one or the other for the last year. (Just prior to that, in April and May of 2024, the rates were 3.9% and 4%.) Yet for many specific subsets of the general rate,… Read More July 2025: Jobs and Hints of Recession
Sixty-two years ago, 250,000 people convened in Washington, DC to demand “meaningful and dignified jobs at decent wages” for all workers. The March on Washington was not merely a moral appeal to the nation, but also an economic one. Today, that dream of full employment remains unfulfilled. Join the Center for Economic Policy Research’s webinar… Read More 8/27 WED @ 1 PM Webinar > Is Black Full Employment Possible Without Affirmative Action and DEI?
By Frank Stricker June 15, 2025 Have recent government layoffs registered in national unemployment rates? Have the official rate and NJFAN’s amplified estimate for real unemployment risen because of the Trump administration’s assault on government workers? We’ll examine those questions and also ask whether we may be headed for a recession as a result, in… Read More Jobs in Turbulent Times: May 2025—and April Too
By Frank Stricker January 21, 2025 The number of non-farm jobs, which comes from employer reports, grew by 256,000 in December. That was more than expected. For the whole of 2024, the total number of non-farm jobs increased by 2.2 million or 1.4%. That percentage doesn’t look so great. In the household survey, the number… Read More Getting Better All the Time? (Don’t Drown While Wading Through the Numbers…) The Jobs Report for December 2024
