Saturday, September 8, 2012

The Reason Why The Unemployment Rate Dropped? The LABOR PARTICIPATION Rate Is At Fresh 31 Year Lows

from Zero Hedge:

Curious why the unemployment rate dropped from 8.3% to 8.1%, even as just 96,000 jobs were added? The labor participation rate declined from 63.7% to 63.5%, the lowest since 1981. It means that somehow in August the labor force declined by 368,000 people, which is a paradox since according to the household survey 119,000 jobs were lost in August, yet at the same time the unemployment rate dropped. Remember: it is an election year.

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