In 2012 we’ve seen the number of new private sector jobs decline each month. The decline in job numbers has caused the stock market to plunge just about every month since January, though unemployment has kept a steady 8.0% or so.
Here’s an inventory of the private sector job numbers in 2012:
January 2012: 243,000 JOBS ADDED source: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/72409.html
February 2012: 227,000 JOBS ADDED source: http://money.cnn.com/2012/03/09/news/economy/jobs_report_unemployment/index.htm
March 2012: 120,000 JOBS ADDED source: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/07/business/economy/us-added-only-120000-jobs-in-march-report-shows.html?pagewanted=all
April 2012: 63,000 JOBS ADDED source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/01/may-jobs-report-2012_n_1561315.html
May 2012: 80,000 JOBS ADDED source: http://money.cnn.com/2012/07/05/news/economy/jobs-report-unemployment/
(May 2012 REVISED TO: 69,000 JOBS ADDED source: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-07-06/companies-using-overtime-temporary-staff-to-meet-u-dot-s-dot-demand)
June 2012: 80,000 JOBS ADDED: source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/06/us-stocks-june-2012-jobs-report_n_1655102.html
