The Government-Spending Jobs Boom - WSJ - The Wall Street Journal

Government spending is conjuring job growth, but they aren’t the kind that add to long-term productivity growth. The unemployment rate ticked up 0.1 percentage point to 3.9% in April while ... Read More

Opinion | A Modified, Limited Good Jobs Report - WSJ

President Biden thus celebrated Friday’s Labor Department report that employers added a solid 216,000 jobs in December, but below the top line there are signs of a softening labor market. Read More

Opinion: California ruled with great jobs and boom times. What happened? - MSN

Historically, the report notes, California has outpaced the rest of the country in terms of the growth of its goods and services. However, that pace of GDP growth in the state has dropped ... Read More

Guest editorial: Government is adding jobs at a fast clip, as federal spending continues to climb. - Post and Courier

While job growth in most industries has slowed this year, government added an average of 56,000 jobs per month — more than double the average 23,000 monthly gain in 2022. Read More

Smoke And Mirrors: NYC’s ‘Jobs Boom’ Was Really Just Taxpayer-Funded Spending Spree - IJR

New York City’s economic rebound since the COVID-19 pandemic has been fueled by health care jobs largely fueled through government funding, according to Bloomberg. The city lost a net of 14,100 ... Read More

The jobs boom is hitting the federal sector, too - Government Executive

The federal government added 11,000 jobs in January, an usually high number but in line with recent trends under the Biden administration. Including the U.S. Postal Service, federal agencies have ... Read More

Fastest-growing job market? Government -- and that's a disaster - New York Post

The government is thus adding tens of thousands of private-sector jobs that are financed by taxpayers. 4 The government came out on top when it came to adding jobs over the last 6 months. Read More

Americans support Musk's push to cut government spending | Opinion - USA TODAY

President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are right to cut government spending, and a new poll shows strong support among Americans for their efforts. Approval rating sinks Stop mocking me Get the ... Read More

Trump sees 'manufacturing boom' in first full jobs report of second term - Fox Business

President Donald Trump boasted that the U.S. is experiencing a "manufacturing boom" following the release of the first full jobs report of his second term. The Labor Department on Friday reported ... Read More

Opinion: California ruled with great jobs and boom times. What happened? - AOL

California's economic strengths are undermined by its weaknesses in manufacturing and private sector, high-wage job growth. And Democrats aren't helping. Opinion: California ruled with great jobs ... Read More