tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post1155707473475685904..comments2024-01-17T00:45:37.075-08:00Comments on Bud Meyers: The Big Unemployment Rate LieBud Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-37046260346232296042015-02-07T13:25:16.375-08:002015-02-07T13:25:16.375-08:00U.S. wage growth remains sluggish despite employme...U.S. wage growth remains sluggish despite employment gains<br /><br />http://equitablegrowth.org/news/u-s-wage-growth-remains-sluggish-despite-employment-gains/Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-85348845479830124822015-02-07T13:24:55.511-08:002015-02-07T13:24:55.511-08:00Bloomberg: Where the Job Growth Is:
"The fas...Bloomberg: Where the Job Growth Is:<br /><br />"The fastest growing sector, in both percentage and absolute terms, is professional and business services. It added 2.9 million jobs for an 18 percent gain. The biggest single contributor to that was temporary help agencies, which added 888,000 jobs ... The not-very-surprising big message from the numbers is that 'services' are where almost all the action is. That's where most jobs now are, and it's where most new jobs are created ... There's one big part of the service sector, though, that has seen no job growth at all during this recovery: Government."<br /><br />http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-02-06/job-market-gains-aided-by-slowdown-in-government-layoffs<br />Bud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.com