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Labor Department: Non-Farm Payrolls Drop 17,000 in January; Unemployment at 4.9%
FOX BIZ CHANNEL ^ | 2/1/08

Posted on 02/01/2008 5:42:11 AM PST by Recovering_Democrat

Labor Department: Non-Farm Payrolls Drop 17,000 in January; Unemployment at 4.9%


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bush; economy; jobs; thebusheconomy; unemployment
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1 posted on 02/01/2008 5:42:12 AM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Breaking on Fox Business Web Site now.


2 posted on 02/01/2008 5:42:34 AM PST by Recovering_Democrat ((I am SO glad to no longer be associated with the party of Dependence on Government!))
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To: Recovering_Democrat

All BushCo lies!!!! /s


3 posted on 02/01/2008 5:43:19 AM PST by avacado
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To: Recovering_Democrat

employment declines, but unemployment rate also declined? Odd. Maybe some illegals are going back home.


4 posted on 02/01/2008 5:43:22 AM PST by Always Right (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
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To: avacado

Diebold must have calculating the numbers!


5 posted on 02/01/2008 5:44:25 AM PST by bluebeak
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To: Recovering_Democrat

but, but, but it’s because people have given up looking for work.


6 posted on 02/01/2008 5:44:43 AM PST by ilgipper
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Don’t worry, they’ll focus on the billions more earned by Big Oil (They didn’t notice the prices all year). /s

Greenies to come after that in 5, 4, 3, 2...


7 posted on 02/01/2008 5:46:52 AM PST by AliVeritas (The Christian satan warned you about.)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

the stimulus is working! oh wait...


8 posted on 02/01/2008 5:48:24 AM PST by ari-freedom (Pro-life values voters defeated Rudy. Romney is next to go.)
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To: Recovering_Democrat; PhilDragoo; devolve; potlatch; Fiddlstix; y'all

bumpski !!!

This will sadden the ‘RATS !!!


9 posted on 02/01/2008 5:48:53 AM PST by MeekOneGOP (There is only one GOOD 'RAT: one that has been voted OUT of POWER !! Straight ticket GOP!)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

AP has dug through the numbers and discovered that payrolls are down fractionally - so guess what their lead is?


10 posted on 02/01/2008 5:49:20 AM PST by TexasNative2000 (Is this tagline governed by McCain-Feingold?)
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To: Recovering_Democrat; snugs; Wolfstar; daisyscarlett; Kaslin; STARWISE; DrDeb

HA! ;)


11 posted on 02/01/2008 5:49:27 AM PST by silent_jonny (Pray for President Bush, Pray for Mitt Romney, Pray for our Troops and Pray for our Nation.)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Subprime unemployment numbers?


12 posted on 02/01/2008 5:51:19 AM PST by umgud
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If I heard my unemployment was going to be extended, how hard would I look for a new job if my live in “whatever” was working??


13 posted on 02/01/2008 5:57:39 AM PST by Sacajaweau ("The Cracker" will be renamed "The Crapper")
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To: Sacajaweau

Hmm.The first time unemployment claims rose by 69,000 last week,so you may be right.


14 posted on 02/01/2008 6:01:06 AM PST by quack
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To: MeekOneGOP

You better believe it will. lol


15 posted on 02/01/2008 6:05:41 AM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: Always Right

Boomers starting to retire?


16 posted on 02/01/2008 6:12:16 AM PST by Roccus (Nose-holder voter)
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To: Recovering_Democrat

Today’s report included a revision to the December number. It was revised upward to 82,000 new jobs from it’s original estimate of 18,000. So we added 64,000 more jobs during December than had been initially reported. After January’s 17,000 decline reported today, we’re still 47,000 jobs higher than what we thought was the situation yesterday.


17 posted on 02/01/2008 6:25:13 AM PST by Puzzleman ("All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing." -- Edmund Burke)
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To: Always Right

employment declines, but unemployment rate also declined? Odd. Maybe some illegals are going back home.


Probably because jobs created in previous months were finally filled in January? Just my guess


18 posted on 02/01/2008 6:29:23 AM PST by UCFRoadWarrior (Support the ABM Treaty...Anyone But McCain)
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To: Always Right

>>>employment declines, but unemployment rate also declined? Odd. Maybe some illegals are going back home.

Dealing with two separate surveys. One survey reviews payroll data at businessses. The other surveys households as to their employment status. They generally move together, but at inflection points when the economy is utrning we often contradictory numbers.


19 posted on 02/01/2008 6:33:04 AM PST by NC28203
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To: Puzzleman

Over the last 4 years, nonfarm total employment has grown by 170,000 per month on average. So relative to the past 4 years, this is showing a slowdown.


20 posted on 02/01/2008 6:44:41 AM PST by Soren
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