From the Triangle Business Journal comes more harsh economic reality. This time it’s about the retail sector and jobs — or lack thereof. Perhaps someone will mention this to the president during his visit today.

A new analysis of federal data show that Raleigh had 55,000 retail trade jobs in April of 2011 – 3,900 less than it posted three years ago.

Sadly, Raleigh is not alone. Welcome to the Obama recovery.