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Why a weak jobs report isn’t as bad as it looks (spin cycle)
Associated Press ^
| Feb 7, 2014 5:05 PM EST
Posted on 02/07/2014 6:50:13 PM PST by Olog-hai
Unemployment didnt just fall to a five-year low of 6.6 percent; it fell for the right reasons. Nearly 500,000 Americans poured into the job market last month, and 616,000 more people said they had jobs. Previous drops in the unemployment rate had occurred partly because many Americans gave up looking for work and therefore were no longer counted as unemployed.
Factories, mines and construction firms hired at a healthy pace. These so-called goods-producing industries added 76,000 jobs in January, the most since January 2006. Hiring by goods producers is typically seen as a harbinger of an improved job market.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: biggovernment; jobsreport; liberalagenda; unemployment
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posted on
02/07/2014 6:50:13 PM PST
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
It’s my understanding that I’m supposed to believe this article.
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posted on
02/07/2014 6:54:21 PM PST
by
rockinqsranch
(Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
To: Olog-hai
Why A Weak Jobs Report Isnt As Bad As It Looks
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posted on
02/07/2014 6:57:55 PM PST
by
Iron Munro
("Show me the man, and I'll show you the crime." - Lavrentiy Beria (& Eric Holder))
To: Olog-hai
If the Democrats would have been running the Titanic, they would have said, “Look! We got you fresh ice!”
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posted on
02/07/2014 6:59:32 PM PST
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: Iron Munro
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posted on
02/07/2014 7:00:32 PM PST
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
To: Olog-hai
Weak Is Strong.
War Is Peace.
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posted on
02/07/2014 7:06:50 PM PST
by
The Antiyuppie
("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
To: Olog-hai
No, it is most likely much WORSE than the numbers we are seeing.
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posted on
02/07/2014 7:07:12 PM PST
by
madison10
To: rockinqsranch
Hard to believe that Americans once busted their guts laughing over the articles in Pravda and Izvestia, yes, no, maybe, perhaps?
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posted on
02/07/2014 7:09:40 PM PST
by
The Antiyuppie
("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.")
To: Olog-hai
boy where was this ass-covering under bush i and bush ii? we even got “lying is healthy” under clintoon.
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posted on
02/07/2014 7:13:06 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: The Antiyuppie
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posted on
02/07/2014 7:14:08 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Olog-hai
More spin than a Kansas twister.
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posted on
02/07/2014 7:30:56 PM PST
by
Huskrrrr
To: Olog-hai
EVERY THING THAT SHOULD BE UP.....IS DOWN
EVERY THING THAT SHOULD BE DOWN....IS UP
HEY! WE’RE UPSIDE DOWN ON IT....
IF ONLY ALGORE WERE PRESIDENT....HOW I YEARN FOR THE GOOD OLE DAYS OF AL.....SADLY HE IS NOT OUR LEADER...AND THEREIN LIES THE ......?
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posted on
02/07/2014 7:31:21 PM PST
by
jimsin
To: Olog-hai
I like how no one at the AP wouldn’t even put there name on this crap.
To: Olog-hai
Happy daze iz here again.
Gracias to El Presidente.
Happy daze iz here again.
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posted on
02/07/2014 7:37:14 PM PST
by
Tupelo
(I am feeling more like Philip Nolan every day)
To: Olog-hai
Holy pathetic lies Bat man!
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posted on
02/07/2014 7:41:46 PM PST
by
vpintheak
(Thankful to be God blessed & chosen!)
To: Olog-hai
Nearly 500,000 Americans poured into the job market last month The end of extended unemployment benefits?
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posted on
02/07/2014 7:41:58 PM PST
by
TwelveOfTwenty
(See my home page for some of my answers to the left's talking points.)
To: TwelveOfTwenty
So, the unemployment rate goes down when people leave the workforce, and it goes down when people re-enter the workforce. Amazing.
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posted on
02/07/2014 8:01:20 PM PST
by
fhayek
To: TwelveOfTwenty
They did cut back on food stamps, maybe they got hungry?
To: fhayek
So, the unemployment rate goes down when people leave the workforce, and it goes down when people re-enter the workforce. Amazing. Yeah, it's like global warming.
Even global cooling causes it.
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posted on
02/07/2014 8:37:26 PM PST
by
Flycatcher
(God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
To: Secret Agent Man
Everything is going great because we have a liberal black president who must be propped up at all cost. He can never be criticized or ridiculed because his inflated ego is so fragile. This farce will go on for another 3 years unless the country implodes before then. The lies and deceptions wouldn't bother me so much if they weren't destroying the futures of all our children.
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posted on
02/07/2014 8:46:02 PM PST
by
peeps36
(I'm Not A Racist, I Hate Douchebags of All Colors)
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