Georgetown Public Policy Review
Policy Shaping Our Future
by Alex Engler “I expect we’re either going to see a bit of an acceleration of payroll jobs, or we’re going to see the unemployment rate go back up.” That is former Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Commissioner Keith Hall, who would not be surprised to see a rise in the unemployment rate resulting from […]
by Ryan Greenfield Another month, another disappointing jobs report. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday, October 8, 2010, that the U.S. lost another 95,000 jobs in September. What is most remarkable about this report is that private sector job growth was actually positive at 64,000 jobs (although this number is still not enough […]