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rsmith6621

(6,942 posts) Thu Aug 2, 2012, 12:40 PM Aug 2012

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Jobs Numbers Due Out Tomorrow......

... Any thoughts on the July numbers?

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Jobs Numbers Due Out Tomorrow...... (Original Post) rsmith6621 Aug 2012 OP

Surprising. FBaggins Aug 2012 #1

Not good. n/t Ganja Ninja Aug 2012 #2

Bad. What do you expect with the current congress doing nothing? GusFring Aug 2012 #3

It Is All About GOP Sabotage TheMastersNemesis Aug 2012 #4

100-150k and unemployment rate unchanged taught_me_patience Aug 2012 #5

+80,000 is not a "terrible" number scheming daemons Aug 2012 #6

FBaggins

(26,748 posts)

1. Surprising.

Reply to rsmith6621 (Original post)

Thu Aug 2, 2012, 01:10 PM

Aug 2012

Further deponent sayeth not

Ganja Ninja

(15,953 posts)

2. Not good. n/t

Reply to rsmith6621 (Original post)

Thu Aug 2, 2012, 01:13 PM

Aug 2012

GusFring

(756 posts)

3. Bad. What do you expect with the current congress doing nothing?

Reply to rsmith6621 (Original post)

Thu Aug 2, 2012, 01:16 PM

Aug 2012

TheMastersNemesis

(10,602 posts)

4. It Is All About GOP Sabotage

Reply to rsmith6621 (Original post)

Thu Aug 2, 2012, 01:16 PM

Aug 2012

I am sure that numbers will not look good. The GOP has done a good job at sabotaging the recovery. It was going to be difficult to turn things around. One thing will be sure with the GOP in power. It is they will make the economy even worse and suppress wages even further.

taught_me_patience

(5,477 posts)

5. 100-150k and unemployment rate unchanged

Reply to rsmith6621 (Original post)

Thu Aug 2, 2012, 01:17 PM

Aug 2012

treading water. Revisions are also important... it would be nice to see an upward revision to last month's terrible number.

scheming daemons

(25,487 posts)

6. +80,000 is not a "terrible" number

Reply to taught_me_patience (Reply #5)

Thu Aug 2, 2012, 01:41 PM

Aug 2012

For the first 7 years of Bush's term, before the financial crisis, the average was +65,000.

If you include his last year, Bush's average was +20,000.

Obama's June number of +80,000 would be in the top 25 months of Bush's 84 months in office.

Don't let the media spin you.

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