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Worst “Recovery” Ever for GDP Growth. Relative to prior recessions, growth in the U.S. economy has significantly underperformed during this…
Read More (Reason #13: Worst “Recovery” Ever for GDP Growth)Thirty-Two States Have Yet to Recover Lost Jobs. Most States have yet to recover all the jobs that were lost…
Read More (Reason #12: Thirty-Two States Have Yet to Recover Lost Jobs)More People Dropped out of the Workforce during the “Recovery” Than during the Recession. In a “recovery” that has been…
Read More (Reason #11: More People Dropped out of the Workforce during the “Recovery” Than during the Recession)Invisible Unemployment Remains Above 10 Percent for 59 Straight Months. Although the unemployment rate has fallen, when combined with those…
Read More (Reason #10: Invisible Unemployment Remains above 10 Percent for 59 Straight Months)Sifting through the June jobs report suggests that when it comes to “quality jobs,” this may have been the worst…
Read More (Not a Good Month for Quality Jobs After All)Far More Adults Have Left the Workforce Than Found New Jobs. Under the Obama Administration, the ratio of adults in…
Read More (Reason #9: Far More Adults Have Left the Workforce Than Found New Jobs)Men in Their Prime Working Years Are Not Working. Millions of men in their prime working years are unemployed or…
Read More (Reason #8: Men in Their Prime Working Years Are Not Working)The Unemployment Rate for African-Americans Is More Than Twice the Rate for Whites. Unemployment continues to disproportionately impact the African-American…
Read More (Reason #7: The Unemployment Rate for African-Americans Is More Than Twice the Rate for Whites)The Share of Adults Who Are Working Is Back to 1984 Levels. The share of adults who are working dropped…
Read More (Reason #6: The Share of Adults Who Are Working Is Back to 1984 Levels)Record Number of Americans Are Not Working. A record number of people are unemployed or have left the workforce….
Read More (Reason #5: Record Number of Americans Are Not Working)