First reported initial claims for unemployment benefits in Wisconsin -last four weeks (these are people who first apply for unemployment benefits and the figures are an important indicator of job growth or losses; greater number of claims suggestive of greater job losses)
Week ending December 17th: 14,065 people
Week ending December 24th: 17,646 people
Week ending December 31st: 27.883 people
Week ending January 7th: 38,086 people
It's all about jobs.
If this means things are working, when would one consider that things are not working, and in reality the situation is worsening? Think about that...
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Here are the real numbers - and Walker is still net positive for his first year as governor. January 2011 - 7,700 Jobs Gained, February 2011 - 8,200 Jobs Gained, March - 7,700 Jobs Gained, April - 3,500 Jobs Gained, May - 700 Jobs Gained, June - 11,000 Jobs Gained, July - 6,400 Jobs Lost, August - 500 Jobs Lost, September - 11,000 Jobs Lost, October - 2,400 Jobs Lost, November -14,600 Jobs Lost.
After tabulating the gains and losses,Wisconsin has come out with 3,900 jobs to the good while the nation continues to be in the negative.
Actually nationwide from Jan 2011 through Nov 2011 more than 1.6 million non-farm jobs have been created as can be seen here
http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0000000001?output_view=net_1mth
More importantly, last 6 months available data shows that WI has lost jobs in each month while nationwide about 850,000 jobs have been created.
Thanks to the reader who took the time to post the comment on February 5, 2012 @ 9:07 pm.
Anoynmous # 1
That is simply untrue. Wisconsin LOST NOT GAINED 3,900 jobs in December and the employment numbers, nationally, are the lowest they've been in 3 years.
Wisconsin has lost private sector jobs for 6 consecutive months. We also ranked 44th in the nation for job creations. That is correct, we are at the bottom of the dream pool.
There is a lot of bickering over numbers but the fact remains that a segment of our population can't find a way to support themselves and their families in this economy. I have been responsible for creating 32 jobs in the past 24 months. I had to interview hundreds of people to find candidates with basic math skills. The refugees from construction and unskilled manufacturing are not employable in this economy. Jobs are not enough, we need to educate and train the unemployed before they can fill these newly created jobs.
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