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Janelle Jones

@janellecj.bsky.social

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Janelle Jones @janellecj.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Never base the entire economic outlook on one report, but this is *not* great. For months, we have been holding our breath watching the labor market get weaker and weaker. It may finally be beginning to break. #jobsday

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Janelle Jones @janellecj.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Great thread.

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Janelle Jones @janellecj.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

So, to sum up, measures of underemp & Black unemp were still flashing danger, at the end of the (meh labor market) year & should be watched in 2026. Workers at the margins - people of color, involuntary part time, discouraged-are the groups who feel a downturn first, feel it longest, & recover last.

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Janelle Jones @janellecj.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Black unemp went down to 7.5% in Dec from 8.3 in Nov. BUT! - that measure is volatile, so a single month means less than the trend - Black unemp has been 📈 all year - it's still nearly *double* the unemp rate for white workers (3.9) - if the overall UR was 7.5 it would be a national emergency

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Janelle Jones @janellecj.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

I mean. This is the underemployment story. Involuntary part-time is up over a million from a year ago. It had a slight rebound in December, but that could very well be due to the holiday season.

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Janelle Jones @janellecj.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Already so what do we got? A weak jobs report for december to cap off a weak year of labor market data. Job growth came in at 50k, lower than expectations, with downward revisions for the part 2 months, and the unemployment rate is at 4.4. #EconSky

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Janelle Jones @janellecj.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

In my first piece as a @groundwork.bsky.social fellow, I’m previewing #JobsDay. Underemployment and Black unemployment are on the rise, & that usually means a labor market slowdown is coming for the economy overall. groundworkcollaborative.org/news/are-can...

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Janelle Jones @janellecj.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Excited to (re)join Groundwork!

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