The Corner

Re: Today’s Jobs Report

Markets care about expectations and rates of change.

Real people care about levels — Do I have a job?  How big is my paycheck?

If you focus on the former, it’s good news.

If you focus on the latter, it’s still terrible.

Keith Hennessey — Mr. Hennessey, former senior White House economic adviser to Pres. George W. Bush, blogs at KeithHennessey.com. He is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution and a lecturer at Stanford Business School and Stanford Law School.
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