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 What we learned from the Tyre Nichols video By Ellen Ioanes Are we headed toward a “polycrisis”? The buzzword of the moment, explained. By Daniel Drezner Did George Santos lie about everything? By Ben Jacobs Why traffic stops can be so dangerous for Black Americans like Tyre Nichols By Nicole Narea and Sean Collins In the last 48 hours, violence in Israel and Palestine has spiked By Jonathan Guyer The Pelosi attack is the culmination of longtime GOP hate-mongering By Nicole Narea