ndup: Solid As A Rock November 7, 2014 ,,Bovino email Beth Ann Bovino U.S. Chief Economist Standard & Poor's Ratings Services Dear colleague, The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that October was yet another month of solid job gains. Nonfarm payrolls rose 214,000, and the unemployment rate fell to 5.8% from 5.

known as food stamps). "Ninety-four million Americans are out of the labor force." This is an absurd Four-Pinocchio claim, based on a real number. The Bureau of Labor Statistics, relying on a monthly survey known as the Current Population Survey (CPS), shows that, as of January 2016, 94.4 million Americans 16 years and old