December 8th, 2006

Jobs Growth Still Looks Like its Weakening

The jobs report is out, and receiving a fairly warm welcome. Economy adds 132,000 jobs - Yahoo! News:

The U.S. economy added a stronger-than-forecast 132,000 jobs in November, the government reported on Friday, though the unemployment rate edged up slightly from October.

The thing is, 132,000 is still well within the margin of error. The charts below give a good idea of the overall trend.

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Still looks like a slowdown to us.

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