Det blev inte oväntat ännu en katastrofal jobbrapport från BLS, den amerikanska motsvarigheten till SCB, på fredagen. Antalet nya jobb inom den privata sektorn i januari ökade med 50.000, att jämföra med förväntade 145.000. Som vi tagit upp tidigare så krävs det lite drygt 100.000 nya jobb varje månad bara för att kompensera för befolkningsökningen.
I ett desperat försök att hålla illusionen om en återhämtning vid liv så valde BLS därför att återigen manipulera ner arbetskraften som nu är den lägsta på 26 år. Kolla in den chockerande grafen nedan som visar arbetskraften som en del av befolkningen.
Detta fick den officiella arbetslösheten (U3) att magisk falla med hela 0,4 procentenheter till löjeväckande 9.0%, men om man även räknar med deltidsarbetare som vill arbeta mer och de som vill ha jobb men inte letat på ett tag (U6) stiger siffran till 16,1%. Men, som ZeroHedge påpekar, så var denna siffra säsongsjusterad (läs manipulerad). Om man rensar bort detta så steg U6 till hela 17,3%, den högsta nivån sedan mars 2010.
Men det kanske mest intressanta med dagens rapport är att de personer som inte är inräknade i arbetskraften och samtidigt har givit upp att leta efter ett nytt jobb steg till till den högsta nivån någonsin. Hade dessa personer räknats med, som de borde, skulle den officiella arbetslösheten hamna på hela 12,8%.
ZeroHedge har avslutningsvis gjort sin månadsvisa beräkning av hur många jobb som Obama behöver skapa varje månad fram till november 2016 (dvs under innevarande och en osannolik andra mandatperiod) bara för att kompensera för befolkningsökningen. Denna månad uppgår siffran till omöjliga 246,600 jobb per månad.
Här är ett antal urklipp från ZeroHedge som ger mer information samt grafer som talar sitt tydliga språk:
Highlights
• Change in Private Payrolls (Jan) M/M 50K vs. Exp. 145K (Prev. 113K)
• Change in Manufacturing Payrolls (Jan) M/M 49K vs. Exp. 10K (Prev. 10K)
• Seasonally adjusted U-6 underemployment 16.1% from 16.6% previously
• Much more importantly, Not-seasonally adjusted U-6 surged from 16.6% to 17.3%!
• The civilian labor force declined from 153,690 to 153,186
• Government workers: from 20,759K to 20,740K
• Labor force participation at 64.2%, the lowest since March March 1984
• Part-time workers for economic reasons: 8,407
• Part-time workers for non-economic reasons: 17,552
• Birth/Death adjustment: -339,000
Om den manipulerade arbetskraften:
At 64.2%, the labor force participation rate (as a percentage of the total civilian noninstitutional population) is now at a fresh 26 year low, the lowest since March 1984, and is the only reason why the unemployment rate dropped to 9% (labor force declined from 153,690 to 153,186). Those not in the Labor Force has increased from 83.9 million to 86.2 million, or 2.2 million in one year! As for the numerator in the fraction, the number of unemployed, it has plunged from 15 million to 13.9 million in two months! The only reason for this is due to the increasing disenchantment of those who completely fall off the BLS rolls and no longer even try to look for a job. Lastly, we won’t even show what the labor force is as a percentage of total population. It is a vertical plunge.


Om den historiskt höga U6 siffran:
And another curiously divergent dynamic: looking simply at the Seasonally Adjusted underemployment rate (U-6), which came at 16.1%, or the lowest since April 2009, and one might be excused for assuming that there is a silver lining, somewhere. That is, of course, until taking a look at the sister, NSA series. At 17.3%, this was the highest number since March 2010, and higher than just 3 months in the history of this series.

Om det rekordhöga antalet som givit upp att leta efter arbete:
Probably the last chart to bury any doubt about just how truly horrible today’s employment data was, comes from a little observed data metric: that showing the number of people who are not in the labor force, but who want a job now. The number just hit 6,643K, a jump of 431K from December, and the highest number in history. These are people that would send the unemployment rate to about 12.8% if they were in the labor force (and, as indicated, looking for a job). Nothing else needs to be said.

Samt om det faktum att Obama behöver skapa 246,600 nya jobb varje månad:
Every time we revise the attached chart, its looks worse and worse. The first time we did an analysis of how many jobs per month the US has to generate each month to get back to the same payroll number as of November 2007, right before the start of the Greater Depression, and when accounting for the 90K/month natural growth to the labor force, something the administration continues to blissfully ignore (with the labor participation rate plunging to a 26 year low) it was in the mid 220s. As of today, the number is almost quarter of a million, or 246,600. That is how many jobs the US has to generate every single month until November 2016, or the end of Obama’s improbable second turn, for the unemployment rate to get back to where it was when accounting for population growth. And while this is obviously impossible, one other thing that is concerning is that post the revised NFP numbers, not only do we now get a lower cumulative low of all jobs lost, at just over 8.6 million attained in February 2010, but as the highlighted area demonstrates, the recent trend in jobs is one of accelerating deterioration. If in the offchance it were to, gasp, snow in February, March will likely have the first negative NFP print since September. Oh yes, post today’s revisions, we now learn that the months June through September actually lost jobs (granted, inclusive of census adjustments). One thing is certain: 5% unemployment will not be back for the next 5 years. 100% guaranteed.

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