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“We Have Become a Nation of Hamburger Flippers”: Dan Alpert Breaks Down the Jobs Report
?We Have Become a Nation of Hamburger Flippers?: Dan Alpert Breaks Down the Jobs Report | Daily Ticker - Yahoo! Finance
At 162,000, the July jobs report fell short of expectations and well shy of “whisper” numbers for payroll figures above 200,000. In addition, job tallies were revised down for May and June and average hourly earnings fell 0.1% in July, the first decline since October.
The data disappointed Wall Street economists but are consistent with the trends Dan Alpert, managing partner at Westwood Capital, cited in a recent report: “The fact is that the U.S. employment situation is more of a wounded beast than a bull,” he writes.
According to Alpert’s analysis, 69% of the jobs created in the second quarter – and 57% in the first half of 2013 – were in the three lowest-paying sectors of the economy: retail trade, administrative and waste services, and leisure and hospitality. These jobs, which account for 33% of all private sector jobs, pay an average of $15.80 per hour.
“What you’re seeing is now the spreading of low wage growth,” he says, noting those trends continued in Friday's July jobs report. “Really we have become a nation of hamburger flippers, Wal-Mart sales associates, barmaids, checkout people and other people working at very low wages.”
?We Have Become a Nation of Hamburger Flippers?: Dan Alpert Breaks Down the Jobs Report | Daily Ticker - Yahoo! Finance
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