[rktman]

But, but, but...... That ain't what the lyin' king just told us. Sadly, the no/low info voters buy this line of BS. My own take is based on a non-scientific glance at Ebay where I peruse guitars for sale/auction. A few years ago practically every guitar listed had at least 1 bid. Now, very few show any bids at all. And the few shown bids are a lot lower than a few years ago as well. Guess I'm lucky to have sold some when I did. But, like I said, non-scientific. Rock on old(er) guys. :>}

[wally_bert]

I have used Ebay as a sort of barometer and see a real drop overall. A few things I interested in still get some activity which figures.

[Cheerio]

September Jobs: Some Numbers Bubblevision Didn’t Mention

The September establishment survey showed a 248k job gain, but that was the seasonally maladjusted, preliminarily guesstimated version which will be revised in October and November, and then re-benchmarked several more times in the coming years. So let’s take a pass on the enthusiasm with respect to this fleeting monthly delta and consider a couple of trend points evident in this morning’s release—-data points which aren’t going to get revised away and which actually provide some fundamental insight about the actual “employment situation” and the true condition of the US economy.

More at link

[Starboard]

The unemployment rate has now dropped to 5.9 percent.

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One month before the election. Imagine that.

[Kid Shelleen]

Just follow the 10 year treasury note . When the economy is really improving the Fed won’t have to keep suppressing interest rates.

[TalBlack]

There are two main streams of money for Monument dealers: NEW monuments and additional inscriptions on EXISTING monuments.

All through the last six years there have been small drops and returns to level in inscriptions. The Monument side has been steady. This year the monument side has dropped hard...that is people are leaving their loved ones graves unmarked for the time being. In 32 years this is a first. The next scary indicator will be a price drop at the dealer for new and existing.

[usconservative]

Here's the ONE FACT these so-called "Economists" aren't paying attention to:

According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, more people are LOSING THEIR JOBS and LEAVING THE WORKFORCE than there are jobs actually being created.

Weekly first time jobless claims (job losses) have been averaging @ 315,000.

Monthly job creation for just September was 248,000. That's over 1,417,000 people MONTHLY who lose their jobs, who then have to compete for the less than 300,000 jobs "created" in that same month.

This is not a "robust" economy, it's not even anything resembling a "recovery."

We have the lowest workforce participation rate in this country in well over 50 years. More people are dependent on some form of Government Benefit than there are people actually working.

This "economy" isn't sustainable. Anyone who believes we're in recovery or the economy is doing well is a FOOL.

Were it not for the 330,000+ people leaving the workforce each month, unemployment would be well over 10% and REAL UNEMPLOYMENT which counts those who are under-employed, unemployed and given-up would be well over 17%.

Finally, here's the most scary statistic I've found to date: 1 in 5 Working Americans has LOST THEIR JOB in the last 6 years and had to find new work. That's 20% of working American's have had their lives disrupted by job loss.

Of that 20%, more than HALF have yet to find meaningful full-time employment with any sort of benefits.

All this information is out there folks, the Bureau of Labor & Statistics, Forbes Magazine, Wall Street Journal, Investors Business Daily and others all talk about these numbers.