Today’s Jobs Report in Pictures

May 7, 2010 at 4:14 pm

As we said in this morning’s statement, there’s lots of good news in the April jobs report, but we’re going to need many more months like April to pull unemployment down toward pre-recession levels. The charts below help flesh out the story.

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Chad Stone is Chief Economist at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, where he specializes in the economic analysis of budget and policy issues.

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  1. Norberto Hidalgo #
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    Awesome charts — easy to read and follow, clear messages. Good job cbpp!



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