Unemployment Rate Rises In August For First Time In 4 Months As Labor Force Expands

[Toro]

Recovery is pretty weak. However, private jobs have risen every month this year by on average about 100,000. That's enough to maintain the current level of employment but not to reduce unemployment.

Job creation has slowed though, with the private sector created on average 72,000 jobs over the past four months.

 

[NYcarbineer]

Private sector jobs were up and government jobs were down.

You would think the wingnuts would applaud that.

 

[boedicca]

It's like Global Warming "science" where any change in temperature up or down can only mean Global Warming.

Unemployment down = recovery
Unemployment up = recovery.

See how easy that is?

it's really hard to keep up innit? lessee unemployment up, recovering nicely.

There is this thing called seasonal employment.

You see the summers end has ALWAYS meant the end of summer employment.

You nattering nabob of nonsensicial ninniness. Unemployment stats are already seasonable adjusted by the BLS.