Posted on 12/15/2011 4:17:27 PM PST by Dick Holmes
The job market is healthier than at any time since the end of the Great Recession.
The number of people filing for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest since May 2008, a sign that the waves of corporate layoffs that have defined the past few years are all but over.
"This is unexpectedly great news," said Ian Shepherdson, an economist at High Frequency Economics.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
Perception versus reality. Expect much more of this junk in the months ahead.....
“High Frequency Economics”? More like “High Times Economics” if you ask me! What are these people smoking?
Funny math produces interesting results.
There are fewer jobs now, therefore there are fewer jobs to be laid off from.
Frequency is not the only thing that is high here....
Pelosi was right. Unemployment benefits are finally starting to create jobs! sarc/
Could it be that they've fallen off the rolls? Maybe their U/I ran out? Naaaaah, couldn't be ...It's Hussein's masterful handling of the economy.
In the city of Hiroshima, in Aug of 1945, almost no one filed for unemployment. Aaaaaaaaah ... Great days back then .... great days.
More like the “Outer Limits”
“There is nothing wrong with your Television, Do not attempt to adjust the picture... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I7vPbthvWo
You really have to get that theme / intro in your head to realize just how weird the times we live in are
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The job market is healthier than at any time since the end of the Great Recession?
WHAT? Am I missing something here? Is ABC claiming this is the healthiest job market in nearly 70 years?
Well, we are nearly in an election year, so prepare yourselves FReepers, because happy days are here again!
U-6 unemployment = 15.6%
Your house is burning much slower than it was an hour ago. Cause for celebration, don’t you think?
Yes of course. The job participation rate is plunging. Along with average incomes. Pretty soon there will be all the $15,000/year jobs anyone could want.
You just say that it has obviously happened because the GOP took Congress, so there’s greater optimism for hiring!
[The job market is healthier than at any time since the end of the Great Recession]
The corpse of Generalissimo Franco looks better than any time since his demise.
Where in the Ministry of Propaganda do they dream this stuff up for President Obangy?
Bush tax cuts finally kicking in? ;)
Why does that even mean anything? So what? People aren't filing, but how is the actual unemployment level?? More propaganda from the Left. Another non-story.
The latest figures from Barry’s “Green” Bean Counters.
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