Jobs
Full-Time Jobs Down, Part-Time Jobs Up. In June 2014, all the job creation was in part-time employment, with significant loses…
Read More (Reason #18: Full-Time Jobs Down, Part-Time Jobs Up)Record Low Share of Adults Are Working Full-Time. The percent of adults in their prime working years (i.e. ages 25-54)…
Read More (Reason #17: Share of Adults Working Full-Time Remains Near Record Lows)Democrats’ $1 Trillion Stimulus Didn’t Create Jobs Like They Promised. Democrats fell nearly 7 million jobs short of their stimulus…
Read More (Reason #16: Democrats’ $1 Trillion Stimulus Didn’t Create Jobs Like They Promised)Democrats’ $1 Trillion Stimulus Didn’t Reduce Unemployment Like They Promised. The unemployment rate continues to be significantly higher than Democrats…
Read More (Reason #15: Democrats’ $1 Trillion Stimulus Didn’t Reduce Unemployment Like They Promised)The U.S. Economy Shrank in the First Quarter of 2014. After several quarters of modest growth, U.S. Gross Domestic Product…
Read More (Reason #14: The U.S. Economy Shrank in the First Quarter of 2014)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)