Sunday, August 4, 2013

Economy Needs 360,000 Jobs a Month to Return to Full Growth

The economy added 162,000 jobs in July, but that's a far cry from the 360,000 needed to get the economy back on track, says Peter Morici, professor of international business at the University of Maryland and a Moneynews Insider.

"Essentially, the economy is firing on three cylinders instead of six, growing at around 2 percent instead of the 5 percent it should, and as a consequence isn't absorbing as many new workers," he tells Newsmax TV in an exclusive interview.

"Many of those that it does hire are part-timers. Increasingly Americans are relegated to a contingent work force where they work temporary jobs, part-time jobs and so forth. They can't get decent healthcare benefits despite Obamacare, and their wages continue to fall."

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