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发帖数: 29846 | 1 (CNSNews.com) - The number of Americans who are 16 years or older and who
have decided not to participate in the nation's labor force has climbed to a
record 90,609,000 in September, according to data released today by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The BLS counts a person as participating in the labor force if they are 16
years or older and either have a job or have actively sought a job in the
last four weeks. A person is not participating in the labor force if they
are 16 or older and have not sought a job in the last four weeks.
In from July to August, according to BLS, Americans not participating in the
labor force climbed from 89,957,000 to 90,473,000, pushing past 90,000,000
for the first time, with a one month increase of 516,000.
In September, it climbed again to 90,609,000, an increase of 136,000 during
the month.
In January 2009, when President Barack Obama took office, there were 80,507,
000 Americans not in the labor force. Thus, the number of Americans not in
the labor force has increased by 10,102,000 during Obama's presidency.
The labor force participation rate, which is the percentage of the non-
institutionalized population 16 years or older who either have a job or
actively sought one in the last four weeks, was 63.2 percent in September.
That was unchanged from August.
When President Obama took office in January 2009, the labor force
participation rate was 65.7 percent.
The percentage of the civilian non-institutionalized population over 16 that
was employed also remained constant from August to September at 58.6
percent. When President Obama took office in January 2009, the employment-
population ratio was 60.6 percent.
The overall national unemployment rate--which is the percentage of people
participating in the labor force who actively sought a job and did not find
one in September--was 7.2 percent. That was a slight drop from the 7.3
percent unemployment rate in August. When President Obama took office in
2009, the unemployment rate was 7.8 percent.
The number of people actually employed increased by 133,000 last month,
climbing from 144,170,000 in August to 144,303,000 in September. When Obama
took office in January 2009, there were 142,153,000 Americans employed--
meaning the number has increased by 2,150,000 over the past 57 months.
One reason for the increasing number of people not in the labor force is the
aging of the Baby Boom generation, whose members have begun retiring--and
are not being replaced by an equal number of young people entering the labor
force.
Another reason is that female participation in the labor force has been
declining. In January 2009, the female labor force participation rate was 59
.4 percent. In September 2013, it was 57.1 percent. | g***l
发帖数: 2753 | 2 蛋是这么闲扯的吗？
美国一共有三亿多点人口，适龄的工作人口能有多少？还9000万退出就业市场？都去喝
西北风去了？
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【在 l****z 的大作中提到】
: (CNSNews.com) - The number of Americans who are 16 years or older and who
: have decided not to participate in the nation's labor force has climbed to a
: record 90,609,000 in September, according to data released today by the
: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
: The BLS counts a person as participating in the labor force if they are 16
: years or older and either have a job or have actively sought a job in the
: last four weeks. A person is not participating in the labor force if they
: are 16 or older and have not sought a job in the last four weeks.
: In from July to August, according to BLS, Americans not participating in the
: labor force climbed from 89,957,000 to 90,473,000, pushing past 90,000,000
| l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 3 就知道有人喜欢拍着屁股讲那么多废话, 数字都在那里一查就知道了.
【在 g***l 的大作中提到】
: 蛋是这么闲扯的吗？
: 美国一共有三亿多点人口，适龄的工作人口能有多少？还9000万退出就业市场？都去喝
: 西北风去了？
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发帖数: 29846 | 4 http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-09-06/business/41816402
Unemployment dips to 7.3 percent, but only 63% of Americans are in labor
force
By Ylan Q. Mui and Amrita Jayakumar,September 06, 2013
Americans are participating in the workforce at the lowest level in 35 years
, according to government data released Friday, as lackluster job growth
fails to offset the droves of people who have given up looking for work.
According to the Labor Department, the economy added a disappointing 169,000
jobs in August. In addition, the government lowered its estimate of the
number of jobs created in June and July by 74,000 positions.
The grinding pace of recovery has hollowed out the workforce. Government
data showed that only 63.2 percent of working-age Americans have a job or
are looking for one, the lowest proportion since 1978. Nearly 90 million
people are now considered out of the labor force, up 1.7 million from August
2012.
“We just don’t see this consistent, strong job market that’s really going
to entice people to go back into it,” said Michael Evangelist, policy
analyst at the National Employment Law Project. “You don’t want people
falling out of the labor force where they’re not able to contribute and not
able to find work.”
Carol Petty, 54, is among those hanging in the balance. She lost her job as
a paralegal in Nevada last summer and has struggled to find work since.
Petty moved to California to be near her family and hoped she would find a
better job market. She sends out as many as 10 résumés a week and knows
she is unlikely to find another position that pays her old salary of $55,100
a year.
She said others in her position have given up seeking work. The question for
Petty — and the broader economy — is how long people like her will be
able to hold on.
“I’m just so stubborn,” she said. “I will do anything.”
There are demographic trends underlying the decline in the labor force. For
much of the past generation, growing numbers of working women boosted its
size, but that effect has leveled off. Meanwhile, the first wave of baby
boomers is reaching retirement age, while younger workers are staying in
school longer before looking for their first job.
Many economists believe those shifts cannot fully explain the size of the
decline. Research released this spring by two Federal Reserve economists
showed that states with the largest drops in unemployment also had bigger
declines in the labor force, suggesting the slow pace of recovery is the
culprit.
Before the recession, the government studied population changes and forecast
that the participation rate would dip by 0.3 percentage points from 2007 to
2012, according to the paper. Instead, it fell by 2.5 percentage points.
Amanda Dean has almost reached the end of the line. The 30-year-old North
Carolina resident has a master’s degree in social work, but has never found
a job in her field. She was laid off from her last job, as an office
manager, in January.
Her state unemployment benefits ran out in July, and she isn’t eligible for
an extension. She doesn’t qualify for food stamps, either. Dean’s parents
have been helping pay her mortgage and other bills.
Dean said she has thought about dropping out of the workforce altogether,
perhaps going back to school for a business degree. But she realized she
couldn’t afford it.
“I have not given up,” she said. “That’s not an option.”
Economists had hoped that the recovery would pick up steam during the second
half of this year. But it’s been the decline in the labor force rather
than robust hiring that has pushed the unemployment rate to a deceptively
low 7.3 percent.
Bob Funk, chief executive of Express Employment Professionals, a staffing
firm, said that many businesses remain reluctant to bring on permanent
workers. Typically, about two-thirds of his firm’s temporary employees are
hired by the companies at which they are placed. Now only about half are
kept, he estimates.
“That’s primarily due to the uncertainty out there,” Funk said, citing
new health insurance requirements as well as looming fiscal fights in
Washington. “They don’t know how to manage their business as well when
they don’t know what their costs are going to be.”
Washington remains a wild card for the economy. Congress must agree on at
least a short-term spending plan by October or risk shutting down the
federal government. In addition, the nation may not be able to pay all its
bills unless lawmakers agree to raise the debt ceiling before a mid-October
deadline.
In a remarks Friday while at the Group of 20 summit in Russia, President
Obama said he is “determined that the world has confidence in the full
faith and credit of the United States.” He also touted gains in
manufacturing jobs and new regulations aimed at fortifying the nation’s
banks.
“We’ve put more people back to work, but we’ve also cleared away the
rubble of crisis and laid the foundation for stronger and more durable
economic growth,” he said.
Still, the recovery may not be strong enough to stand on its own. The
Federal Reserve has been pumping $85 billion a month into the economy, but
will consider reducing that amount when officials convene for their regular
meeting this month.
On Friday, Kansas City Fed President Esther L. George called for scaling
back the program by $15 billion. In a separate speech, Chicago Fed President
Charles L. Evans was more circumspect, but acknowledged the data has been
murky.
Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke has said that the central bank will begin
paring its stimulus this year, and many investors expect it will start this
month. But Jared Bernstein, senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities, said he believes the August jobs report is evidence that the
economy still needs the Fed’s help.
“This is the time to be thinking more about Main Street, less about Wall
Street,” he said. | w****j
发帖数: 6262 | 5 算的是16岁以上，且没有工作也没在找工作。
所有学生，退休老头都算进去9000万。其实这种统计意义不大，因为美国人口也在一直
增长，绝对数字没意义，要看比例。
【在 g***l 的大作中提到】
: 蛋是这么闲扯的吗？
: 美国一共有三亿多点人口，适龄的工作人口能有多少？还9000万退出就业市场？都去喝
: 西北风去了？
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发帖数: 5600 | 6 9千万包括四千万65岁以上老人，所以这么大的绝对数字
不过增长是肯定的
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: (CNSNews.com) - The number of Americans who are 16 years or older and who
: have decided not to participate in the nation's labor force has climbed to a
: record 90,609,000 in September, according to data released today by the
: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
: The BLS counts a person as participating in the labor force if they are 16
: years or older and either have a job or have actively sought a job in the
: last four weeks. A person is not participating in the labor force if they
: are 16 or older and have not sought a job in the last four weeks.
: In from July to August, according to BLS, Americans not participating in the
: labor force climbed from 89,957,000 to 90,473,000, pushing past 90,000,000
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