Not only is the 115,000 jobs added to the U.S. economy last month disappointing, the the impact of that meager performance is broadly felt, according to an independent Washington economist. The Labor Departmnent released employment data Friday for April, and the national unemployment rate ticked down to 8.1 percent, but that was largely due to discouraged job-seekers who gave up looking for work, and thus are no longer counted in the unemployment data. “Today’s employment report shows that April’s...
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