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May 12, 2012
Dispatches (XXI): Governor Walker only 244,100 Short of 250,000 New Private Sector Jobs by 2015!
From Milwaukee Journal Sentinel All Politics Blog:
Gov. Scott Walker recommitted Saturday to his pledge to create 250,000 private-sector jobs by 2015, a promise all the more difficult to achieve since he first made it because of anemic job growth during his tenure.
In my April 30th post, which addressed Governor Walker's fears that Wisconsin net job creation would go negative if he lost the recall (despite the fact that reported net job creation was already negative), I included this graph:
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Update, 5/13, 3:35pm Pacific Open question: why has the Wisconsin measured labor force shrunk (0.2%) while the US labor force has increased a percentage point? An interesting observation to keep in mind when looking at the WI unemployment rate.
Update, 5/15 8pm Pacific: Rumor has it that the Walker Administration will release their own employment series. [1] [2], based on other indicators. Interesting fact: Wisconsin ranked 50th out of 50 in 2011Q3-2011Q4 personal income growth. [3] (Table 6)
http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2012/05/dispatches_xxi.html
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