Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–February 7, 2014. Today, Center for American Progress Economist Adam Hersh issued the following reaction to the announcement of January’s employment figures:
Today’s jobs data confirm that underlying economic trends—not the weather—continue holding back U.S. labor markets. Jobs continue moving in the right direction but not fast enough to solve America’s ongoing unemployment crisis. The headline unemployment rate, at 6.6 percent in January, would be nearly 10 percent if so many workers had not…
