12/02/2011

487,000 people left the labor force in November

The unemployment rate fell because so many people gave up looking for work. The 120,000 job growth pales in comparison to the 160,000 monthly growth in the working age population and the number of people leaving the work force.


The monthly change in the number of people "not in the labor force" is available here.

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