Well…It’s Not a Completely Jobless Recovery

Since the recession ended (yes, ended), the U.S. economy has created a grand total of 22,000 jobs.

Here’s the table from today’s nonfarm payroll report:

Month	NFP	Change
Jun-09	130,493	-502
Jul-09	130,193	-300
Aug-09	129,962	-231
Sep-09	129,726	-236
Oct-09	129,505	-221
Nov-09	129,450	-55
Dec-09	129,320	-130
Jan-10	129,281	-39
Feb-10	129,246	-35
Mar-10	129,438	192
Apr-10	129,715	277
May-10	130,173	458
Jun-10	129,981	-192
Jul-10	129,932	-49
Aug-10	129,873	-59
Sep-10	129,844	-29
Oct-10	130,015	171
Nov-10	130,108	93
Dec-10	130,260	152
Jan-11	130,323	63
Feb-11	130,515	192

According to NBER, the recession ended in June 2009. Since then, the number of nonfarm payroll jobs has increased from 130,493 to 130,515.

Posted by Eddy Elfenbein on March 4th, 2011 at 11:55 am

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