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Pic-of-the-Week: 2 out of 3 New Jobs in Recovery Filled by Workers 55+ (10/27/2014)

Workers 55 and Over Comprise the Most Vibrant Sector of the U.S. Workforce. Been wondering who has filled the more than 8 million new jobs created since the job recovery began in January 2010? Well, as shown in our pic-of-the-week, two out of three have gone to workers 55 and over. Since the national job recovery began in January 2010, these workers have filled 5.2 million of the 8.15 million net new jobs added in the period.

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Pic-of-the-Week: Slowing Population Growth Becoming a Concern for Long-Run U.S. Growth (5/05/2014)

U.S. Population Growth Cut in Half the Past Twenty Years – Europe and Japan have long wrestled with the concerns of flagging population growth. Total headcount remains a key determinant of the overall size of any economy.

In the U.S., population growth has slowed by half since the early 1990s, from roughly 1.4% to only 0.7% currently.

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