More fake numbers, which shall be “revised” in a month or so.
Meanwhile, the pool of able-bodied adults continues to grow, and the total now on food stamps reaches higher and higher levels monthly. Does NOBODY ever come off the government EBT cards?
Also, if you add up all the claims of "jobs added" (or lost) over bammy's reign of terror...and look at the census bureau's estimates on population growth...even at the current low labor force participation rate the economy has not kept up. Sure, the economy has experienced some net growth from '08. (in jobs) but no where near enough to keep pace with population growth. By definition the unemployment rate has to be higher - we've added more people than jobs. bammy's administration's numbers just do not add up. They are lies.
The official unemployment rate ticked up to 5.5 percent, as more Americans returned to the labor force and returned to actively looking for work
So, more people returned to the labor force as unemployment rose? The song "Oh Susanna" has fewer contradictions than employment reporting.
The number of people participating in food stamps has been steadily declining for two years. At its high point, in December 2012, 47,792K people were participating. As of March 2015, the latest month for which the Department of Agriculture has data, the number of people participating was 45,642K, a decline of 4.5%