Employment Bifurcation: Government Down – Private Sector Up
Courtesy of Jake, Econompic Data
Growth in the private sector wasn’t amazing, but there was growth. That growth was dwarfed by state level austerity and the roll-off of census workers.
The AP details:
A wave of government layoffs last month outpaced weak hiring in the private sector, pushing down the nation’s payrolls by a net total of 95,000 jobs.
The Labor Department says the unemployment rate held at 9.6 percent. The jobless rate has now topped 9.5 percent for 14 straight months, the longest stretch since the 1930s.
The private sector added 64,000 jobs, the weakest showing since June.
Local governments cut 76,000 jobs last month, most of them in education. That’s the largest cut by local governments in 28 years. And, 77,000 temporary census jobs ended in September.
Broader unemployment has reversed course and again heads higher.
The household survey did show some signs of life (for women at least) at the expense of the teen worker, which is becoming extinct.
