The number of people employed part time for economic reasons was 5.5 million in November, an
increase of 909,000 from September. These individuals would have preferred full-time employment but
were working part time because their hours had been reduced or they were unable to find full-time
jobs. (See table A-8.)
Even in the economic subs the talk has been mostly about the topline numbers, and including the missing October data. The above reference far overshadows the 64k new jobs number. The above seems huge to me, but maybe I'm not understanding it.
Here's table A8 for reference.
I haven't seen much discussion about part-time jobs in the Nov 25 jobs report. Is this a big deal or not?
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