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2016 Postmortem

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts) Fri Sep 7, 2012, 05:53 PM Sep 2012

August, 2008 - 210,000 jobs lost. August, 2012 - almost 100,000 jobs gained.

Not great ... but boy imagine what the media would be saying if we were even losing half the amount of jobs we lost in August four years ago?

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August, 2008 - 210,000 jobs lost. August, 2012 - almost 100,000 jobs gained. (Original Post) Drunken Irishman Sep 2012 OP

If one is good or bad by comparison, then BHO very good, junior indepat Sep 2012 #1

And... SoapBox Sep 2012 #2

indepat

(20,899 posts)

1. If one is good or bad by comparison, then BHO very good, junior

Reply to Drunken Irishman (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 07:35 PM

Sep 2012

very bad.

SoapBox

(18,791 posts)

2. And...

Reply to Drunken Irishman (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 08:26 PM

Sep 2012

a bit off the topic but I just posted this on another site.

That Dow Jones index?

For the 5 year look back, on March 2, 2009, the index hit a low at 6,626.94.

Today, September 7, 2012, the index closed at 13,306.64.

Seems like that is one HELL of a recovery.

I say the "markets" like President Obama and what has been happening.

http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=%5EDJI+Interactive#symbol=^dji;range=20081020,20120907;compare=;indicator=volume;charttype=area;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=off;source=undefined;

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