Dropping out

I've said it before, but here it is again.

The drop in the unemployment rate isn't cause by the weaker than expected job growth each month, but rather by the number of people who are dropping out of the work force.

But now you don't have to take just my word for it.

And once again, the manufacturing sector lost jobs, now the forth month in a row.

So things aren't as rosy as that 5.0% number may have you believe.