‘The scariest jobs chart’: Economics columnist details the troubling signs lurking beneath the positive unemployment news

AlterNet logoWhen President Donald Trump spoke at a press briefing in the White House Rose Garden on Friday, he bragged to reporters about the state of the economy.

“We’re going to have the strongest economy in the world,” he said. “We’re almost there now.”

But while there was unexpectedly good news released on Friday, columnist Catherine Rampell explained in her Washington Post column why it also came with troubling signs.  Continue reading.