The jobs gap is still huge at 6.7 million By Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias Jul 3, 2014, 8:51am EDT Share this story Share this on Facebook Share this on Twitter Share All sharing options Share All sharing options for: The jobs gap is still huge at 6.7 million Reddit Pocket Flipboard Email An important reminder from Hillary Wething: The number of jobs needed to keep up with potential labor force dropped from 6.9 to 6.7 #jobsgap pic.twitter.com/eNadwUIJPz— Hilary Wething (@hilweth) July 3, 2014 In This Stream Economy adds 288,000 new jobs, unemployment rate falls More unemployed people quit looking than got jobs The jobs gap is still huge at 6.7 million The labor force is growing, too View all 9 stories Next Up In The Latest The Latest Democrats are trying to resurrect part of Build Back Better — again By Li Zhou Is this the political end for Boris Johnson? By Jen Kirby The inside story at Meta as it moves beyond Facebook By Samantha Oltman What’s going on with Georgia’s Trump investigation? By Ben Jacobs How China’s relationship to Hollywood has shaped the movies By Alissa Wilkinson Should I delete my period app? And other post-Roe privacy questions. By Sara Morrison