The US labor market keeps on strengthening, albeit at a slow pace
The US labor market keeps on strengthening, albeit at a slow pace
Global & Regional Focus Notes
09 Δεκεμβρίου 2011
• The November employment report took a stronger tone, signaling accelerating nonfarm payroll growth towards year-end. • However, we remain cautious about future developments in the US labor market, as goods-producing employment continued declining, while the service-providing employment growth was somewhat distorted by seasonal factors related to the Thanksgiving holiday. • Whatever the recent improvement in the labor market conditions, the employment growth is still relatively weak, placing the ongoing economic recovery among the jobless US recoveries. • Sluggish investment in residential and commercial real estate has been an important factor contributing to the slow pace of growth in employment.