Economy picking up!
Feb. 5th, 2012 05:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
icarusThe jobs market is definitely picking up. The ex-boyfriend landed a new job just last week.
And here's the jobs report from last Friday:
Economy gains 243,000 jobs in January, twice what was expected.
This is the jobs growth as of last July, 2011:
Last Friday we learned that 243,000 new jobs were created in January, about twice what we'd expected. About 150,000 jobs were created in November, and 203,000 in December.
My mom mentioned last week that, "For a recession, I'm seeing an awful lot of people in restaurants." My theory is that people reduced their expenses ... driving less expensive cars, sharing a house rather than renting an apartment ... and now they're spending in restaurants. In fact, restaurants are one of the growth industries, alongside unexpectedly good construction figures (warm winter), and a flourishing tech industry.
And here's the jobs report from last Friday:
Economy gains 243,000 jobs in January, twice what was expected.
This is the jobs growth as of last July, 2011:
Last Friday we learned that 243,000 new jobs were created in January, about twice what we'd expected. About 150,000 jobs were created in November, and 203,000 in December.
My mom mentioned last week that, "For a recession, I'm seeing an awful lot of people in restaurants." My theory is that people reduced their expenses ... driving less expensive cars, sharing a house rather than renting an apartment ... and now they're spending in restaurants. In fact, restaurants are one of the growth industries, alongside unexpectedly good construction figures (warm winter), and a flourishing tech industry.