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Title: Record 95.9 Million Americans Are No Longer In The Labor Force
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Zero Hedge
URL Source: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018 ... cans-are-no-longer-labor-force
Published: Jun 1, 2018
Author: Tyler Durden
Post Date: 2018-06-01 21:07:04 by Deckard
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Views: 995
Comments: 9
In what was otherwise a solid jobs report – one which Donald Trump may or may not have leaked in advance – in which the establishment survey reported that a higher than expected 223K jobs were added at a time when numbers below 200K are expected for an economy that is allegedly without slack, the biggest surprise was not in the Establishment survey, but the household, where the unemployment rate tumbled once more, sliding to a new 18 year low of 3.8%, even as the participation rate declined once again, as a result of a stagnant labor force, which was virtually unchanged (161.527MM in April to 161.539MM in May, even as the total civilian non-inst population rose by 182K to 257.454LMM). What was perhaps more interesting, however, is that for all the talk that the slack in the labor force is set to decline, precisely the opposite is taking place, because in May, the number of people not in the labor force increased by another 170K, rising to 95.915 million, a new all time high. Adding to this the 6.1 million currently unemployed Americans, there are 102 million Americans who are either unemployed or out of the labor force (and it is also worth noting that of those employed 26.9 million are part-time workers). In other words, contrary to prevailing economist groupthink, there is a lot of slack in the economy, and if as the latest Beige Book revealed, employers are now hiring drug addicts and felons to make up for the shortage of qualified candidates, a long time will be pass before wages see significant gains.
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
We must be living in two different worlds. If you can’t find a job you need to get out of the chair and step outside and go apply. Economy is the best its been in 20 years. https://youtu.be/PKpQRjj_WbU Billy Currington - People Are Crazy
#3. To: All (#1)
Rough figures Figure many retired, college and children are working(used 10% for a guess) gives 263 million. That leaves 63million not working. Where did they get the 98million? 25million discrepancy? Just so you see the math on cross over (74+80+16=170milloin)170*10%=17million crossover group.
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under 18(children) = 74 million.
retired = 80 million.
College = 16 Million.
working = 110 Million.
Total counted = 280 million out of 326million
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