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May Jobs Report Brings Welcome Great News

Posted on Friday, June 5, 2020
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jobsOur Economy is Beginning to Rebound Earlier than Expected

  • The U.S. economy added 2.5 million jobs in May and the unemployment rate fell from 14.7 percent to 13.3 percent.
    • Employment increased significantly in leisure and hospitality (1.2 million), construction (464,000), education and health services (424,000), retail trade (368,000), and manufacturing (225,000).
  • These job gains surprised forecasters, given many States were only beginning to reopen their economies during reports’ reference periods (the week/pay period that includes May 12).
    • The median of all private-sector forecasts predicted 7.5 million job losses in May and an unemployment rate of 19.2 percent.
    • The economy beating expectations by 10 million jobs (more than Michigan’s population) and the unemployment rate falling instead of rising show that the transition back to strong economic growth began earlier than many expected.

Laid Off Workers Remain Attached to Their Jobs

  • There were 15.3 million people on temporary layoff in May, in addition to an estimated 4.9 million people who had temporarily lost their jobs but were counted as employed but “not at work for other reasons.”
    • Including all those who were potentially on temporary layoff, 78.2 percent of unemployed persons in May were on temporary layoff—well above the 13.3 percent average over the 12 months before this March.
  • This provides reason to believe these temporarily laid off workers could return to their previous jobs as States continue reopening and economic activity picks up.
    • These employment connections deteriorate the longer that States limit economic activity, so it is critical to continue focusing on reviving the health of America’s labor force.
  • May’s labor market flows show that there was not an elevated level of workers dropping out of the labor force directly.
    • Flows from employment to not in the labor force were 4.4 million from April to May, in line with the average over the 12 months before this March (4.7 million).

Job Gains Are Poised to Grow in June

  • Another sign that job growth will continue is May’s jump in average weekly hours, as increasing hours can be a sign that employers need to hire more workers to meet demand.
    • For all private sector employees, average weekly hours increased by 0.5 to 34.7 hours—the highest level since the series began in 2006.
    • For production and non-supervisory employees, this measure increased by 0.6 to 34.1 hours—the highest level in 19 years.
  • 73 percent of small businesses are now open—up from the pandemic-low of just 52 percent right before the April jobs report’s reference periods.
    • Workplace visits are up roughly 40 percent from its pandemic-low.
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PaulE
PaulE
3 years ago

You should have seen the faces of the hosts and guests on CNBC this morning. They were all geared up to report another dismal jobs report and were ready with their standard bash Trump rhetoric. Everyone talking about the “new normal” of a near depression economy for many years to come. Then the numbers hit and they all looked like someone had stolen their favorite toy. They were all dumbfounded. It took to a few minutes for them to start with the “this is an anomaly and it can’t last BS”.

Meanwhile over on FBN, everyone was all smiles and stating the economy is starting to bounce back faster than expected. They then walked through how the numbers stacked up. BY the way, the April unemployment numbers were revised downward, meaning less unemployment, than originally reported. What a contrast between the socialist business channel of CNBC and the capitalist business channel of FBN. Anyone wonder why the ratings on CNBC have dropped through the floor in the last few years? Most investors and professional traders are optimistic people by nature and believe in the opportunity that capitalism provides us all. Kind of a requirement to be successful in anything in life or business. CNBC pushes negativism on everything, but the need for increasing the power of government on all fronts. While FBN generally focuses, except for a few left wing hosts they have during the day, on opportunity and how to make the future better.

PaulE
PaulE
3 years ago

You should have seen the faces of the hosts and guests on CNBC this morning. They were all geared up to report another dismal jobs report and were ready with their standard bash Trump rhetoric. Everyone talking about the “new normal” of a near depression economy for many years to come. Then the numbers hit and they all looked like someone had stolen their favorite toy. They were all dumbfounded. It took to a few minutes for them to start with the “this is an anomaly and it can’t last BS”.

Meanwhile over on FBN, everyone was all smiles and stating the economy is starting to bounce back faster than expected. They then walked through how the numbers stacked up. BY the way, the April unemployment numbers were revised downward, meaning less unemployment, than originally reported. What a contrast between the socialist business channel of CNBC and the capitalist business channel of FBN. Anyone wonder why the ratings on CNBC have dropped through the floor in the last few years? Most investors and professional traders are optimistic people by nature and believe in the opportunity that capitalism provides us all. Kind of a requirement to be successful in anything in life or business. CNBC pushes negativism on everything, but the need for increasing the power of government on all fronts. While FBN generally focuses, except for a few left wing hosts they have during the day, on opportunity and how to make the future better.

Rik
Rik
3 years ago

Unfortunately, because of all the looting and burning, June’s #’s will reflect negativism. But I believe that July’s #’s will reflect positively. Isn’t it disgusting that these Liberal Communist Democrats rejoice in bad #’s and that Jackass Biden talks about how he can “unify” the country. He politicizes his comments and that’s supposed to be unifying? President Trump always speaks about the country as a whole and only politicizes in response to being attacked by these hateful Democrats who are 100% in their vitriol to make President Trump a one term president. They want to destroy America and can’t do so unless they destroy the Constitution and the freedoms of the rights of the American people.

Fred Freels
Fred Freels
3 years ago

Thank you for the information. I have not had positive unbiased report in a long time

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