Long Term Unemployed Surges to Post-Pandemic High

[Orangecat]

Grim news regardless of your party preference. Employment is the temperature gauge of the nation’s economy. The number of unemployed people looking for work more than six months has surged to its highest level since the pandemic. Basically these are people put out of work during Trump’s first few months and still are not employed.

Nice job Trump.

Why a surge in long-term unemployed workers is ringing alarm bells

The number of unemployed people looking for work more than six months has surged to its highest level since 2021.

www.cbsnews.com

As of August, the number of long-term unemployed people had risen to 1.9 million, according to government data — the highest level since 2021, when the nation was still reeling from the pandemic.

With the job market faltering in recent months as employers put the brakes on hiring, more workers are being sidelined for months on end, economists told CBS News.

"We're continuing to see this low-hire, low-fire environment," said Laura Ullrich, Indeed's director of economic research for North America and a former official at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. "There aren't really new jobs being opened up for people — there isn't room for new people to come in."

A CBS News poll released Thursday captures the dimming view many Americans have of the labor market, with 33% of respondents describing it as "good," down from 41% in April. What's more, 48% said they think there are fewer good jobs where they live compared to five years ago.

ICE is hiring.

 

[Delldude]

John McCain offered people $25 an hour to pick lettuce.

No takers.

So give those jobs to illegal immigrants who you want to have a lower standard of living to keep you in cheap veggies?

We need a new plantation complete with slaves.

 

[citygator]

Oh, but look what the OP left out:

And while the nation's unemployment rate remains historically low, at 4.3%

That's called being disingenuous.

It’s going up under Trump. We’ll see where it goes but it’s nowhere near historic lows. It’s lower than historical averages I will grant that. But that was Biden’s doing. Trump is still working his magic to undo the progress.

 

[1srelluc]

It’s going up under Trump. We’ll see where it goes but it’s nowhere near historic lows. It’s lower than historical averages I will grant that. But that was Biden’s doing. Trump is still working his magic to undo the progress.


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Firing more .gov workers will have a positive impact by and by.

Remember, FJB's bogus job numbers were padded with near 50% .gov jobs.

Virginia's unemployment numbers are up due to .gov firings. I hope the transplants all moved back to where they sprang from.

 

[Frankenstein]

That's what everybody thought, until they tried to call social security about their retirement, and got a busy signal.

SS is scam, I am forced to pay into it, with the hopes of getting some of it back with no interest.

 

[citygator]

Government deep-state leftwing employees gone. That's a good thing.

I hear all this stuff about unemployment, but I don't see it here. There are factory jobs all over the place, begging for people to sign up. All the big boxes are hiring. Everybody is hiring.

There are 30,000 fewer open factory jobs under Trump than there were under Biden yet those jobs are still 96.5% filled with less than 5% vacancy.

Factory jobs are plummeting under Trump.

 

[1srelluc]

There are 30,000 fewer open factory jobs under Trump than there were under Biden yet those jobs are still 96.5% filled with less than 5% vacancy.

Factory jobs are plummeting under Trump.

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Nobody (sane) believes you.

 

[citygator]

Firing more .gov workers will have a positive impact by and by.

Remember, FJB's bogus job numbers were padded with near 50% .gov jobs.

Virginia's unemployment numbers are up due to .gov firings. I hope the transplants all moved back to where they sprang from.

Derp. You need to start doing research way before coming at me.

Biden added 6 million more PRIVATE workers OVER Trump’s PEAK employment and 14M more that he was passed.

That’s over 150,000 new PRIVATE jobs per month for the last 3 years after gaining back the covid jobs in year 1.

So far Trump is on track to deliver less than half that. Whoops.

 

[Mashmont]

There are 30,000 fewer open factory jobs under Trump than there were under Biden yet those jobs are still 96.5% filled with less than 5% vacancy.

Factory jobs are plummeting under Trump.

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More dishonesty. Biden paid people to stay home. That’s why factories were desperate for workers four years ago.

 

[citygator]

Nobody (sane) believes you.

Those were figures from Trump’s Labor department. Not mine.

 

[1srelluc]

Derp. You need to start doing research way before coming at me.

Biden added 4 million more PRIVATE workers OVER Trump’s PEAK employment and 14M more that he was passed.

That’s over 100,000 new PRIVATE jobs per month for the last 3 years after gaining back the covid jobs in year 1.

So far Trump is on track to deliver less than half that. Whoops.



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I pretty much disregard anything you have to say....You only have yourself to blame for that. You acting the dick all the time has consequences.

 

[citygator]

I pretty much disregard anything you have to say....You only have yourself to blame for that. You acting the dick all the time has consequences.

Look. You randomly say things. I link the actual data. Then you turn to insults. Rinse repeat.

Let’s try you just start using real data and respond to real data instead of you getting butt hurt that your wishes don’t make it so.

Factory jobs are fewer now than they were in January, and there are fewer openings.

It’s all in the BLS report and all laid out by FRED as well.

Current Employment Statistics Highlights

Employment, Manufacturing - Economic Data Series | FRED | St. Louis Fed

9,774 economic data series with tags: Employment, Manufacturing. FRED: Download, graph, and track economic data.

fred.stlouisfed.org

 

[Mac-7]

Like the person/people at the white house who spend all their time on the internet looking for memes that Trump can repost?

Thats just a tiny, tiny fraction of the democrats parked inside the SS Adminstration

 

[Mac-7]

You gonna mow my yard or clean my house into the middle class? You’re all idiots. Deporting customers is a disaster.

Americans ir mexican green card holders can do those jobs if you are too lazy to do it yourself

 

[Muhammed]

Tariff tax on goods. Cutting Obamacare subsidies. List is never ending.

So you can't even name a single person without money getting screwed by Trump. Not even one..

Looks like your tired old false narrative dissolves under skeptical scrutiny.

 

[citygator]

Americans ir mexican green card holders can do those jobs if you are too lazy to do it yourself

You should try my brand of laziness. My laziness produced a giant house and yard to care for and a lovely wife who does yoga not house work. The horror.

 

[Anomalism]

No, you couldn't. Not if they are not hiring.

I could find 10 that are.

 

[Mac-7]

You should try my brand of laziness. My laziness produced a giant house and yard to care for and a lovely wife who does yoga not house work. The horror.

If you are so rich then dont pinch pennies when it comes to paying your foreign-born serfs

Pay American wages and Americans can and will do those jobs

 

[citygator]

If you are so rich then dont pinch pennies when it comes to paying your foreign-born serfs

Pay American wages and Americans can and will do those jobs

I just employ people who want to work. Want to clean my house for $180? They are usually here for 3 hours so it’s $20-30 an hour per person depending on whether they need 2 or 3 people to get it done. Make me an offer.

 

[Mac-7]

I just employ people who want to work. Want to clean my house for $180? They are usually here for 3 hours so it’s $20-30 an hour per person depending on whether they need 2 or 3 people to get it done. Make me an offer.

As long as your slave has at least a valid green card I wont tell you how much to pay

But I suspect you are not willing to pay American wages till the supply of desperate illegal aliens runs out