[lbo-talk] jobs

John Lacny jlacny at earthlink.net
Fri May 7 05:58:57 PDT 2004


Doug writes:


> This morning's U.S. employment report blew past
> all expectations. Not only was the headline gain of
> 288,000 jobs very strong, the last two months'
> numbers were revised upwards. The nooks and
> crannies look strong too. Looks like the jobless
> recovery is consigned to the ash heap.

Simple question, I know: when did the recovery start? Two years ago, right?

Is it true that this recovery took longer to produce substantial job gains than the last recovery, after the recession under the first Bush?

What does this mean? Anything intelligible?

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