Friday, May 6, 2011

Labor Participation Rate Unchanged At 25 Year Low Of 64.2%; For Third Straight Month

One of the key metrics in today's report: April civilian non-institutional population at 239,146, a meager rise of 146k from March, and the Civilian Labor Force also barely growing from 153,406 to 153,421 means that for the 3rd straight month the Labor Force Participation Rate remained at a 25 year low of 64.2%.....