Why The Labor Force Participation Rate is Dropping

labor force participation rate 65+ thourgh april 2015 chart

Why The Labor Force Participation Rate is Dropping It’s not because of retiring baby boomers, but rather because people in their prime working years are dropping out of the labor force. This week’s podcast discusses the Fed’s insistence that economic recovery is just around the corner now that the bad weather is behind us and Read More →

The Labor Force Participation Rate

The Labor Force Participation Rate. The Non Farm Payroll number showed “robust” job gains and the unemployment rate fell to 5.5%. Yet, the labor force participation rate is down for all age groups since the Great Recession began, other than for those 55 years and older. Podcast Summary Intro 0:00-4:40 Job Led Recovery? or Jobless Read More →

Why the Job Recovery is a Farce Illustrated in Six Charts

Labor force participation chart 1978-2015 rate

Why the Job Recovery is a Farce. The Labor Force Participation Rates Among Various Age Groups Show Serious Weakness in the Labor Market. The main stream media has been trumpeting the wonderful state of the U.S. labor market. Superlatives like “Robust” “Buoyant” “Solid” “Strengthening” are used to describe the job market. But…. The Job Recovery Read More →