Some Good Economic News: Alot of New Jobs Added and Productivity is Up

You probably hear alot of bad economic news: the dollar is down, the housing crisis, high oil prices, etc. But there was some good economic news today. Worker productivity was up 6.3% (adjusted to an annual rate) in the third quarter. That is a very high rate. In the long run, the only way to raise our standard of living is through productivity growth. You can read about this here. The economy also added 189,000 new jobs in November, many more than predicted. You can read about that here.