Three Months of No Jobs Growth, Labor Force Drops to July Level | Wolf Street

In January, there were 142.6 million jobs at establishments at companies, non-profits, and government entities, not including many gig workers a level first seen in October 2015, according the Bureau of Labor Statistics this morning. This was up by 49,000 from December.  But in December, the number of jobs had dropped by 227,000. Over the three months since November, establishments shed 178,000 jobs. Over the four months since October, establishments created only 86,000 jobs (green line in the chart below).

Households reported that 150.0 million people were working including gig workers a level first seen in April 2015, according to the household survey data also released by the BLS this morning (red line). This was up by 201,000 from December. Over the past four months, households reported an increase of only 362,000 jobs.

via wolfstreet.com

Eesh.