"Today's employment report shows continued signs of gradual labor market healing. Payroll employment rose significantly in March, and the unemployment rate remained constant... Moreover, revised estimates now show a small job gain in January and a smaller job loss in February than previously reported. As a result, for the first quarter of 2010 as a whole, job growth averaged 54,000 per month. This is a dramatic change from the first quarter of 2009, when average job loss was 753,000 per month." Christina Romer, Chair of President Obama's Council of Economic Advisors.
Number of Jobs
Source: Innocent Bystanders. (Unemployment rate in March was 9.7%, same as February. I'm told our beloved graph-maker at Innocent Bystanders, Geoff, is without a job himself now. Seems like he'd have more time to update the graph then, but what do I know?)Hoven's Index for April 5, 2010
Job gains or losses in 2010 (Jan-Mar) in various sectors:
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