BlockBeats News, May 8th, Fed's "whisperer" Nick Timiraos stated that according to a household survey, the number of employed persons decreased by 226,000. The labor force shrank by 92,000. The labor force participation rate edged down by 0.1 percentage point to 61.8%. (In other words, the reason the U.S. unemployment rate has not risen is because people are leaving the labor market rather than finding jobs.) (FXStreet)