Record 88,921,000 Americans ‘Not in Labor Force’ – 119,000 Fewer Employed in August Than July!

• Record 88,921,000 Americans ‘Not in Labor Force’—119,000 Fewer Employed in August Than July! 
  by Terence P.  Jeffrey, http://cnsnews.com/ 
  The number of Americans whom the U.S. Department of Labor counted as “not in the civilian labor force” in August hit a record high of 88,921,000.
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  The Labor Department counts a person as not in the civilian labor  force if they are at least 16 years old, are not in the military or an  institution such as a prison, mental hospital or nursing home, and have  not actively looked for a job in the last four weeks. The department  counts a person as in “the civilian labor force” if they are at least  16, are not in the military or an institution such as a prison, mental  hospital or nursing home, and either do have a job or have actively  looked for one in the last four weeks.
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  In July, there were 155,013,000 in the U.S. civilian labor force. In  August that dropped to 154,645,000—meaning that on net 368,000 people  simply dropped out of the labor force last month and did not even look  for a job.
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  There were also 119,000 fewer Americans employed in August than there  were in July. In July, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics,  there were 142,220,000 Americans working. But, in August, there were  only 142,101,000 Americans working.
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  Despite the fact that fewer Americans were employed in August than  July, the unemployment rate ticked down from 8.3 in July to 8.1. That is  because so many people dropped out of the labor force and stopped  looking for work. The unemployment rate is the percentage of people in  the labor force (meaning they had a job or were actively looking for  one) who did not have a job.
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  The Bureau of Labor Statistic also reported that in August the labor  force participation rate (the percentage of the people in the civilian  non-institutionalized population who either had a job or were actively  looking for one) dropped to a 30-year low of 63.5 percent,  down from 63.7 percent in July. The last time the labor force  participation rate was as low as 63.5 percent was in September 1981.

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