News
Market Watch | Job gains seen topping 200,000 in February
The U.S. labor market appears to be picking up speed, but the pace of job growth is neither turtle nor hare.
Econ Comments & Analysis
Daily Caller | How government is killing retailers and retail jobs
We see vacant stores throughout America. In the fourth quarter of 2011, our national retail vacancy rate was 11 percent, up from 7.7 percent in the first quarter of 2008, according to Reis Reports. It’s a retail vacancy rate we have not seen since 1991.
Blogs
Calculated Risk | Employment Summary and Discussion
This was a solid report, especially considering the upward revisions to payrolls for December and January. The better than normal weather helped, and there is still a long ways to go for a healthy labor market with solid wage gains.
The American | How Obama’s Energy Policy Will Kill Jobs
President Obama is once again proposing selectively punitive treatment of the oil and natural gas industry, one of the strongest job-creating sectors of the U.S. economy.
WSJ | Why Didn’t Unemployment Rate Drop?
The U.S. unemployment rate stayed at 8.3% in February, but a broader measure dropped to 14.9% from 15.1% the prior month, indicating that the labor market is strengthening.
