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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 08:37 AM Original message |
MSNBC: Unemployment Falls to 9%. Net 36,000 jobs in January due to states shedding workers. |
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impik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 08:39 AM Response to Original message |
1. I understand that the rate falls because people stopped looking for jobs |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 08:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. The rate also falls when jobs are created in both private and public sectors |
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impik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 08:45 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. So, here's my economically ignorant question: |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 08:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Good news. AP: More than a half-million people without jobs found work. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 08:59 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. "In one bright spot, manufacturing added 49,000 jobs, the most since August 1998." Also: |
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Hillprop (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 10:36 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Slightly misleading |
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CanonRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 09:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. We need 150,000 NEW jobs monthly just to keep up with population growth |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 09:11 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. We need 125,000 to keep pace. Still |
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DrToast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 09:15 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Not true |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
16. "But why would they stop?" |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 10:55 AM Response to Reply #1 |
28. I don't either, or why, at least, do they not find a way to still count |
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peekaloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
2. Wow those republicans sure are fixing things in a hurry! |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 09:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
14. Yep.... |
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GSLevel9 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. Who said they want things to get better? |
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Badfish (543 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
3. good news |
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bigdarryl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
5. and the rethugs heads are going to EXPLODE!!! |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
7. So when is the corporate aristocracy going to piss out a minimum wage, |
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flpoljunkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
13. Mark Zandi said we should be getting better jobs numbers by the spring, summer |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
18. The expectation was for us to add 145,000 private payroll jobs and we only added 50,000 |
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RBInMaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 06:50 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Your doom and glooming about the economy being a "sad joke" is unfair. We suffered the worst econ |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 03:08 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. If jobs are added in small business then they aren't counted in |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
19. Canada added 69,000 jobs in the same time period |
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RBInMaine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
20. Many economists are expecting a spike this month. Census adjustments and weather issues have a lot |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
22. Gallup claims unemployment is 9.9% |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-04-11 07:06 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. 64.2% of work force is employed, lowest in 26 years |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 08:28 AM Response to Reply #23 |
27. If you look at that graph you notice the rate started to decline sharply around 2000.. |
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golfguru (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 03:51 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. 2 reasons IMHO |
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DCBob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-06-11 08:15 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Clearly the recessions caused the decline to be much steeper but there must be other factors.. imho |
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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #22 |
29. Gee whiz, what a selection of dates there |
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Bluenorthwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 03:56 AM Response to Original message |
25. we need well over 100,000 each month to keep even with |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 07:22 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. "more than a half-million people without jobs found work" |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-05-11 03:41 PM Response to Original message |
30. If job creation doesn't keep up with population growth then we are losing jobs on the net |
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