As People Not In Labor Force Hit New Record, Those Who "Want A Job Now" Jump By 232,000 In One Month

Submitted by Tyler Durden
05/06/2011 09:21 -0400
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Another observation from today's BLS data: while the labor participation rate may have remained flat, the total number of persons not in the labor force as an absolute number just hit a new all time record of 86.248 million, higher than the previous record hit in February of 86.216 million. And just as relevantly, the total number of "people who want a job now" jumped by 232,000 from March to April to 6.482 million, just short of the previous record of 6.643 million. Can someone please redirect all these people to the minimum wage, part time jobs that just opened up at US fast food retailers please?

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/people ... -one-month