Does The Cold Snap Affect Employment?

Take heart, jobseekers: The worse-than-expected unemployment numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Friday may have been…simply a trick of the climate, caused by flurries and a cold front moving in.

The Wall Street Journal explains:

December chill may have triggered more than the usual number of seasonal layoffs in outdoor employment, especially construction, which lost 53,000 more jobs in December. Heavy and civil-engineering construction, which are most vulnerable to weather effects, were hit hardest, with a loss of 18,000 jobs, despite adding positions in the previous month.

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