Despite New Jobs Added, 1 Million Full-Time Jobs Were Lost and People Take on Additional Part-Time Work to Deal With Inflation: Analyst

Steve Lance
By Steve Lance
February 12, 2024Capitol Report
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Recent massive job cuts in the tech and media industries bears testament to a bigger story on the jobs market, says Joel Griffith, a senior fellow at The Heritage Foundation.

Despite the recent robust jobs reports where many new jobs were added, the economy has actually lost more than 1 million full-time jobs over the past nine months, Mr. Griffith said, and the reason the total number of jobs is increasing is due to many people taking on additional part-time work to deal with the “inflation crisis.”