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2016 Postmortem

powergirl

(2,393 posts) Fri Sep 7, 2012, 08:32 AM Sep 2012

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JOB REPORT: JOBS ARE UP!!!

bOO YA!

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JOB REPORT: JOBS ARE UP!!! (Original Post) powergirl Sep 2012 OP

Bloomberg News is falling all over themselves that the "experts" were expecting LoisB Sep 2012 #1

They were expecting 201,000 jobs. JRLeft Sep 2012 #2

Sorry. I thought sure I saw/heard 130k. Thanks for the correction. LoisB Sep 2012 #3

Expectation for THIS metric was about 130k like you indicated. JoePhilly Sep 2012 #5

Actually, the 201,000 was an estimate from a seperate entity. JoePhilly Sep 2012 #4

LoisB

(7,203 posts)

1. Bloomberg News is falling all over themselves that the "experts" were expecting

Reply to powergirl (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:35 AM

Sep 2012

130K but we only got 96k. Seems to me that a positive beats a negative - we're not LOSING jobs.

JRLeft

(7,010 posts)

2. They were expecting 201,000 jobs.

Reply to powergirl (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 10:48 AM

Sep 2012

LoisB

(7,203 posts)

3. Sorry. I thought sure I saw/heard 130k. Thanks for the correction.

Reply to JRLeft (Reply #2)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 11:04 AM

Sep 2012

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)

5. Expectation for THIS metric was about 130k like you indicated.

Reply to LoisB (Reply #3)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 11:20 AM

Sep 2012

There is another metric that some also use, and that one estimated around 200k.

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)

4. Actually, the 201,000 was an estimate from a seperate entity.

Reply to JRLeft (Reply #2)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 11:19 AM

Sep 2012

The expectations for THIS number was about 130,000.

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