On Friday March 7th the Bureau of Labour Statistics announced that the economy lost 63,000 non-farm jobs in February, following a smaller decline in employment in January. Even with all the bearish talk recently, these results were unexpectedly bad; forecasters had projected a small increase, not the largest drop in five years. The unemployment rate edged down from 4.9% to 4.8%, but only because there were fewer unemployed people actively searching for work.Det finns de som fortfarande hoppas på en mjuklandning men ordet "Recession" som fortfarande knappt någon vågar uttala, dyker tydligen upp allt oftare i Washington.
måndag 10 mars 2008
Economist: mörkt på amerikanska arbetsmarknaden
Enligt Economist visar färska arbetsmarknadssiffror i USA det största fallet på antalet sysselsatta på 5 år. Det är naturligtvis främst inom den av subprimekrisen hårt drabbade byggbranschen som går riktigt dåligt.