{"id":5544,"date":"2014-07-13T22:33:31","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T04:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/?p=5544"},"modified":"2014-07-13T22:33:31","modified_gmt":"2014-07-14T04:33:31","slug":"pic-of-the-week-u-s-job-growth-remarkably-strong-consistent-07142014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/pic-of-the-week-u-s-job-growth-remarkably-strong-consistent-07142014\/","title":{"rendered":"Pic-of-the-Week: U.S. Job Growth Remarkably Strong &#038; Consistent (07\/14\/2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>U.S. Job Growth Remains Both Strong and Consistent.<\/em>\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong><em>\u00c2\u00a0<\/em>It has become fashionable to describe U.S. job growth as sub-par or below expectations. But a\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0deeper look at the data reveals something entirely different &#8211; remarkably strong and steady job growth. The U.S. labor market has improved consistently since early 2010 and is now adding jobs\u00c2\u00a0at a nearly 2% annual pace. In fact, job growth has now remained above 1.5% at an annual rate for more than 2 years.<!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5546\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5546\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/potw_2_20140714.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5546\" src=\"https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/potw_2_20140714-e1405304511184.png\" alt=\"U.S. Job Growth Dynamics in the Recovery\" width=\"750\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/potw_2_20140714-e1405304511184.png 750w, https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/potw_2_20140714-e1405304511184-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/potw_2_20140714-e1405304511184-200x109.png 200w, https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/potw_2_20140714-e1405304511184-400x219.png 400w, https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/potw_2_20140714-e1405304511184-600x328.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Job Growth Dynamics in the Recovery<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A view of the short-run versus long-run dynamics in this week&#8217;s graphic illustrates just how steady and strong job growth is currently. \u00c2\u00a0The 3-month rate of growth has closely matched the 12-month rate of growth for more than two years. This reflects remarkable stability in hiring. Short-run job growth the past three months is\u00c2\u00a0now\u00c2\u00a0above a 2.0% annual rate, while\u00c2\u00a0long-run job growth the past year is rapidly approaching 2.0%. \u00c2\u00a0In short, the June 2014 job report reflects\u00c2\u00a0the fastest overall pace of hiring so far in the recovery. And given continued declines in the labor force participation rate, this is remarkably strong job growth relative to historical rates. If these job growth rates hold through 2014, job gains in the current recovery\u00c2\u00a0will outpace gains at the same\u00c2\u00a0point in the recovery following the 2001\u00c2\u00a0recession.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><a title=\"Sign up for our Pic-of-the-Week\" href=\"http:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/pick-of-the-week-web-signup\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0to receive RegionTrack&#8217;s PIC OF THE WEEK!<br \/>\n[email_link]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Job Growth Remains Both Strong and Consistent.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0It has become fashionable to describe U.S. job growth as sub-par or below expectations. But a\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0deeper look at the data reveals something entirely different &#8211; remarkably strong and steady job growth. The U.S. labor market has improved consistently since early 2010 and is now adding jobs\u00c2\u00a0at a nearly&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5546,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,13,1],"tags":[43],"post_series":[],"class_list":["post-5544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-graphic","category-pic-of-the-week","category-uncategorized","tag-employment","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/potw_2_20140714-e1405304511184.png",750,410,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/potw_2_20140714-e1405304511184-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/potw_2_20140714-e1405304511184-300x164.png",300,164,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/potw_2_20140714-e1405304511184.png",750,410,false],"large":["https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/potw_2_20140714-e1405304511184.png",750,410,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/potw_2_20140714-e1405304511184.png",750,410,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/potw_2_20140714-e1405304511184.png",750,410,false],"lightbox":["https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/potw_2_20140714-e1405304511184.png",750,410,false],"search_results":["https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/potw_2_20140714-e1405304511184-125x125.png",125,125,true],"blog_entry":["https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/potw_2_20140714-e1405304511184-250x150.png",250,150,true],"blog_post":["https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/potw_2_20140714-e1405304511184.png",750,410,false],"blog_post_full":["https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/potw_2_20140714-e1405304511184.png",750,410,false],"blog_related":["https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/potw_2_20140714-e1405304511184.png",750,410,false],"portfolio_entry":["https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/potw_2_20140714-e1405304511184.png",750,410,false],"portfolio_post":["https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/potw_2_20140714-e1405304511184.png",750,410,false],"portfolio_related":["https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/potw_2_20140714-e1405304511184.png",750,410,false],"staff_entry":["https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/potw_2_20140714-e1405304511184.png",750,410,false],"staff_post":["https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/potw_2_20140714-e1405304511184.png",750,410,false],"staff_related":["https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/potw_2_20140714-e1405304511184.png",750,410,false],"testimonials_entry":["https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/potw_2_20140714-e1405304511184.png",750,410,false],"testimonials_post":["https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/potw_2_20140714-e1405304511184.png",750,410,false],"gallery":["https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-content\/uploads\/potw_2_20140714-e1405304511184.png",750,410,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"mcsnead","author_link":"https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/author\/mcsnead\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"U.S. Job Growth Remains Both Strong and Consistent.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0It has become fashionable to describe U.S. job growth as sub-par or below expectations. 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The U.S. labor market has improved consistently since early 2010 and is now adding jobs\u00c2\u00a0at a nearly&hellip;","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5544\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5544"},{"taxonomy":"post_series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regiontrack.com\/www\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_series?post=5544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}