Read that headline carefully. The recession ended 8 years ago. Just now is the US job market looking solid.
You can blame that 8-year turning around on government shenanigans.
U.S. job market looks solid eight years after recession ended
WASHINGTON – Exactly eight years after the Great Recession ended, the U.S. job market has settled into a sweet spot of steadily solid growth. The 4.4 percent unemployment rate matches a decade low. Many people who had stopped looking for jobs are coming off the sidelines to find them.