Obamanation: "The current employment recession is by far the worst since WWII"

By Gary P Jackson

From CalculatedRisk:

The unemployment rate increased to 9.2% (red line).

The Labor Force Participation Rate declined to 64.1% in June (blue line). This is the percentage of the working age population in the labor force. The participation rate is well below the 66% to 67% rate that was normal over the last 20 years, although some of the decline is due to the aging population.

The Employment-Population ratio declined to 58.2% in June.

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The current employment recession is by far the worst recession since WWII in percentage terms, and 2nd worst in terms of the unemployment rate (only the early '80s recession with a peak of 10.8 percent was worse).

This was very weak and well below expectations for payroll jobs, and the unemployment rate was higher than expected (both worse). A terrible report. I'll have much more soon ...

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Never fear though, Obama has plenty of time to beat the numbers of the 80s, Carter induced, recession. He's much better at making things worse than Carter was.