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Jimbo S

(2,958 posts) Fri Mar 20, 2015, 07:41 AM Mar 2015

BizTracker: Wisconsin ranks 38th in job growth

http://www.biztimes.com/article/20150319/ENEWSLETTERS02/150319738/-1/daily_enews/BizTracker:-Wisconsin-ranks-38th-in-job-growth

Wisconsin ranks 38th in private sector job growth over the past year, according to data released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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This is Governor Walker's main talking point to establish credibility for his reforms, and this metric indicates the results are below average.

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BizTracker: Wisconsin ranks 38th in job growth (Original Post) Jimbo S Mar 2015 OP

No doubt that like other asshole governors in this... TreasonousBastard Mar 2015 #1

Yay! We're not dead last!!!! postulater Mar 2015 #2

In any sport, a 12-37 record gets the coach fired. Still In Wisconsin Mar 2015 #3

At this point we are 40th... hue Mar 2015 #4

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

1. No doubt that like other asshole governors in this...

Reply to Jimbo S (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 07:45 AM

Mar 2015

predicament he will proclaim that he just didn't do it enough, or it takes more time.

The future will be rosy.

And people will believe him.

(And we, of course, have the same problem when things don't work out as we expect.)

postulater

(5,075 posts)

2. Yay! We're not dead last!!!!

Reply to Jimbo S (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 01:56 PM

Mar 2015

That means we beat 12 states.

Thanks a lot Scott.

(can't find the puke smilie.)

Still In Wisconsin

(4,450 posts)

3. In any sport, a 12-37 record gets the coach fired.

Reply to postulater (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 03:58 PM

Mar 2015

Can we fire Scott?

hue

(4,949 posts)

4. At this point we are 40th...

Reply to Jimbo S (Original post)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 07:21 PM

Mar 2015

http://www.wpr.org/report-wisconsin-drops-40th-nation-job-growth

Wisconsin ranked 40th in the nation in private-sector job growth during the one-year period between September 2013 and September 2014, according to the latest detailed job numbers from the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The numbers come from the Bureau’s Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, which economists say is the gold standard of job metrics. Because the QCEW is so thorough, the numbers take a long time to report.

They showed Wisconsin added private-sector jobs at a rate of about 1.16 percent from September 2013 to September 2014. By comparison, private-sector jobs grew by 2.3 percent nationwide.

All neighboring states fared better than Wisconsin, and when matched up against a broader region of 10 Midwest states, only Nebraska fared worse.

The Walker administration also released less-accurate monthly job estimates early Thursday morning, which were much more positive. They showed Wisconsin’s unemployment rate dropped to 4.8 percent in February of 2015.

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