Daily Archives: June 4, 2010

PRIVATE SECTOR JOB CREATION SLUMPS IN MAY

Don’t let the top-line number fool you. The employment report for May was discouraging. Although total nonfarm payrolls rose by 431,000 last month—the biggest monthly gain in a decade—it was heavily padded with the government’s temporary hiring of Census workers. Stripping out the government factor reveals a tepid rise in private-sector nonfarm payrolls of just 41,000, a dramatic fall from April’s 218,000 gain in private-sector jobs. In other words, job creation in real economy is struggling…again. In fact, it looks like it hit a wall in May.

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