There was a lot of important data in this month's jobs report, even beyond the disappointing headline of just 126,000 new jobs added. Matthew Boesler of Bloomberg News tweeted out these charts that help give some deeper context to the key numbers and what to look for going forward.
Underemployment rate dropped while unemployment rate was
unchanged, so U-6/U-3 spread narrowed pic.twitter.com/9570t6bCJQ
— Matthew B (@boes_) April 3, 2015
The 25-54 nonemployment rate ticked up in March for the first
time since since July of last year pic.twitter.com/U9g5CDqCvB
— Matthew B (@boes_) April 3, 2015
Despite the drop in participation the number of people finding
jobs from outside the labor force still running high pic.twitter.com/9cCkMMdB6K
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