Labor market headline of the week

The title above should not be interpreted as an indication that this will become a regular feature around here, but the headline of this item that appeared over at Rich Toscano's Piggington website was too good not to mention here in some way.

Improvement in Rate of Job Loss Stalls Out

Recent months have seen a fairly steady improvement in the year-over-year rate of job losses for San Diego County. That annual rate of change was still firmly negative -- just less so than it had been previously.

In the context of all the talk early last year that "less bad is the new good", you could say this is a case of "more bad is the new less good".