You know, it struck me today, as the Obama Administration is holding a silly ‘Jobs Summit’, that climate change does exist. This climate change has been one of the most rapid in human history. Starting with Obama’s election last year and continuing to this day, the [...]
When New Jersey's labor department announced the October jobs stats in mid-November, showing another decline in employment, it included the typical revision of the numbers from the month before.
Ironically, and probably unhappily for Gov. Jon Corzine, that revision shows that Corzine's labor department overstated job losses in September by 2,100 [...]
NJBIZ likes to query lawmakers on various subjects. Recently, the subject was should the number of state holidays be expanded or reduce. Sen. Gerald Cardinale wrote: "We are in the grip of a recession that has left 10 percent of all workers without jobs, let alone paid holidays." He thinks [...]
New Jersey's unemployment rate is down to 9.7 percent. Good news, a slight improvement. Private sector employment is down by 4,400 jobs. But government employment is up by 2,600 jobs. In addition, the job loss figure for September was reduced from losing 12,700 jobs to losing 10,600. That last one [...]
What conclusions can we draw from the fact that 35% of New Jerseyans actually think that the state will get better over the next 10 years?
Are they:
A. Delusional
B. Hopeless Optimists
C. Idealistic Christie Supporters
D. Retiring from state jobs very soon [...] 
Brian McGovern | November 17, 2009
The chart above (courtesy of Gateway Pundit) depicts the average US unemployment rate during the Clinton, Bush and Obama years.
Matt Rooney | November 6, 2009
The stock market crash of 2008 and the lingering economic crisis have stung many investors, and indeed, left many believing they'll have to continue in their jobs (they're the lucky ones) for as long as they can. Little do they realize there are more money-growing options for [...] According to the Monmouth University/Gannett New Jersey analysis of the National Election Poll exit poll done by Edison Research, the economy and jobs ranked tops among the issues that determined voters' decision today.
The economy and jobs was named by 33% and property taxes by 27%. They were followed by corruption' [...]
