The Roots of Today's Awful Jobs Report
A private and (mostly) public sector contraction drove the stagnant numbers
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After having expectations significantly lowered by a week of depressing numbers, the monthly jobs report came in on Friday as a pleasant surprise. Here's all the good news, and why the sequester hasn't brought the economy to a stop. Indeed, the markets are loving this news.
A private and (mostly) public sector contraction drove the stagnant numbers
Obama hits new low in just-released Quinnipiac poll
Obama's looking to steal spotlight from Perry's coming out party
The president's choice of venue and time poses a direct challenge to his political opponents
The chances of Obama getting anything through Congress is slim
Alan Krueger is expected to push for more aggressive policies to lower unemployment
The coming week will bring new data and debate about the economy and debt
The recovery has provided more low-income and part-time jobs
They end up spending about half their time doing leisure activities
Markets saw losses worldwide Friday
China's 'cat and mouse' media freedom game, Fareed Zakaria's unemployment prescriptions
Obama will urge Congress to pass a jobs plan in yet another speech
Heads up, Washington: Even people who buy $100 dolls are nervous about the economy
The Atlantic's new cover story discusses the widening gap between America's rich and poor
Little he can do to lower the unemployment rate--except offer a plan to hire veterans
But layoffs are up in July, too
ProPublica's Braden Goyette chronicles the economy's sorry state
As Obama-led recovery stagnates, Dems hope to disqualify Romney as a jobs creator
Requests for unemployment benefits fell to 405,000 but retail sales are stagnating
Public sector jobs and aid are declining, which is trouble for the fragile economy
Numbers of women at home increase while men net 768,000 jobs
The general and sort of obvious consensus is that we're back-tracking
That's even if the economy replicated the explosive job growth of the late 90s
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Unemployment benefit claims by the jobless rose by 9,000 last week
The economic downgrade is connected to supply chain disruptions after Japan's earthquake
On Afghanistan's resources, an Israel counterfactual, and America's unoccupied jobs
On jobless youth, successful dictatorships, and blowing up the world
On anti-White bias, giving up on unemployment, and Memorial Day sales
The economy hits a two-year high in a poll on the nation's biggest problems
Cartoonist Nick Anderson observes that one of them, at least, wasn't living in a cave
On electric cars, the problem with teacher's unions, and joining with China to fix Pakistan
First impressions of April's closely-watched jobs report
This probably doesn't bode well for the second-quarter economy
Today's job market sees college graduates with jobs that don't require a bachelor's degree
The latest in animal budget cuts
Here's another thing for Obama to worry about heading into 2012
Some reporters can't quite bring themselves to say "I'm lovin' it"
Still, he probably doesn't want to hand them out to kids anymore
Is it cause for concern? Depends where you get your news
However, there are still 20 million Americans who want and can't find a job
Apparently they didn't like Hillary Clinton's speech last week
Falling unemployment means good news for the president, according to a new WSJ poll
50,000 new jobs less impressive when you realize how much they pay
Unemployment's down to 8.8 percent, the lowest level in two years
Argues in a USA Today op-ed: Obama "didn't cause the recession, but he made it worse"
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