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Jobs Report
July 7, 2023
The Bidenomics Winning Streak Continues: 209,000 Jobs Added
The economy is proving harder to push into recession than the Fed thought.
June 2, 2023
The Biden Economy Keeps Growing—and the Experts Hate It
Another 339,000 jobs added in May. Doesn’t Biden understand the economy is supposed to suck?
January 6, 2023
December Jobs Report: Unemployment Rate Is the Lowest in 50 Years
The Labor Department report found that the unemployment rate is 3.468 percent, a level not seen since 1969.
May 11, 2021
Low Wages and Crappy Jobs Gave Us the Labor “Shortage”
Republicans think overly generous unemployment benefits are keeping people from working. Biden might be taking the bait.
October 2, 2020
Trump’s “Greatest Recovery in History” Is Wheezing Out
The president’s magical economic thinking is no match for the stark realities of the pandemic he never attempted to address.
April 7, 2017
So is the jobs report fake again?
March 10, 2017
Donald Trump’s contempt for your intelligence knows no bounds.
March 10, 2017
Trump did not add 235,000 jobs to the economy. Obama did.
May 8, 2015
Is Something Wrong with the Economy?
The April jobs report is the latest in a series of weak data
April 3, 2015
The March Jobs Report Was Surprising in Two Ways—One Good, One Bad
March 6, 2015
The Unemployment Rate Fell to 5.5 Percent in February. But It's Not All Good News.
February 6, 2015
The Recovery Is Finally Happening for Ordinary Americans
January 9, 2015
The Fed Should Reconsider When It Will Raise Interest Rates
November 7, 2014
The October Jobs Report Shows Wages Still Aren't Growing
October 3, 2014
The New Jobs Numbers Are Great. There's Just One Problem...
September 5, 2014
The Awful New Jobs Report Has One Silver Lining
August 1, 2014
July Jobs Report: Slow, Steady Job Growth Continues
July 7, 2014
Conservatives Say Cutting Unemployment Benefits Boosted the Jobs Numbers. This Chart Says Otherwise.
July 3, 2014
Republicans Are Ignoring Positive Economic Signs at Their Own Peril
July 3, 2014
Recovery Summer May Finally Have Arrived
Finally, a jobs report routs expectations

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