Jared Bernstein Quotes

This report may give pause to some of the optimists looking for a stronger second half... We need a real boost if we're going to reverse some of these trends that are even more negative than we thought they were. - Jared Bernstein

This is what a healthy job market looks like ? we just haven't seen it for a long while, so it makes inflation hawks nervous. - Jared Bernstein

This is very much the type of job report you would expect coming off a strong quarter. - Jared Bernstein

This is a tremendously detailed, comprehensive look at the American family's balance sheet and it ain't pretty. - Jared Bernstein

This is a pretty negative report. The reason unemployment ticked down is the labor force contracted. That suggests fewer people are getting into the game, looking for work, and that kind of discouragement can lead to a lower unemployment rate. - Jared Bernstein

This doesn't look like a significantly different report than we've gotten in past months, but that's significant in itself. The labor market is clearly stuck in neutral. - Jared Bernstein

This decline [in the jobless rate] is certainly the largest drop we've seen in recent months, so it does suggest a stronger labor market than we expected. - Jared Bernstein

This could mean that the labor market is another area coming on line in the nation's recovery. - Jared Bernstein

These top line numbers suggest we are into what's beginning to look like a jobless recovery. We simply can't drive unemployment down if we're only adding 30 or 40,000 jobs. So, basically, we're looking at a situation where the recovery is calling, but the labor market isn't really picking up the phone. - Jared Bernstein

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