Published: Friday, 5 Aug 2011 | 10:20 AM ET Beneath Jobs Report Surface Lies Some Ugly Truths By: Jeff COX CNBC.com Staff Writer:
"Before getting too excited about the modest uptick in net job creation and a slight downward move in the unemployment rate, it’s probably worth a look under the HOOD.
As is usually the case, there is far more than meets the eye to the Labor Department’s report that the economy added 117,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate fell to 9.1 percent.
Let’s start with the reality that FEWER people actually were working in July than in June.
According to a Bureau of Labor Statistics breakdown, there were 139,296,000 people working in July, compared to 139,334,000 the month before, or a DROP of 38,000.
But the job creation number was positive and the unemployment rate went down, right? So HOW does that WORK?
It’s a PRODUCT of something the government calls “discouraged workers,” or those who were unemployed but not out LOOKING for work during the reporting period"...
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