Here’s a clip from that article that pretty much explains any increased hiring nationwide...
“Service sector gains were primarily responsible for the improving employment picture except in Fort Smith where service growth......”
The growth is largely in the service sector that includes hotels, motels, restaurants and entertainment.....which is where are the hiring is...
Not because of increased business activity, but because of Obama Care. They are reducing the hours of all their full timers and hiring additional people to make up the loss...This way they keep the hours worked at 30 or less, exempting them from some of the regulations...
Housing sales of older homes have increased, but 90% of the increase is not first time or second time home buyers. It’s investors....
As far as I am concerned the economy is actually flat....has been flat...and will continue to be flat...with few exceptions...
It takes special blinders to see a negative in an "improving employment picture."
Congrats! Don't you dare let data get in the way of how you want to see the world!
Go tell people that the economy is lousy regardless!