[Blood of Tyrants]

There's that word again, unexpectedly. Last week when the number of new jobless claims rose, it was unexpected. This week when the number of jobless claims fell, it, too, is "unexpected".

Further proof that the American people elected the most incompetent president in history because he could read a good speech.

[HamiltonJay]

1/2 a million more people out of work, but hey there is a D in the White House and both houses of congress, lets spin spin spin... Moronic.

More than 3 years of growth have been completely whiped out yet things are looking good? Be serious.

[Outlaw Woman]

There's that word again, unexpectedly.

Exactly. I was just thinking the same thing when I saw the headline. Each hour and half hour, the news 'blips' are played and they are hammering the words lower than 'expected', 'unexpectedly etc etc. People tend to pick up on buzz words and the media know that and uses words to manipulate people into a 'lull'. (imo)

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

To be revised upwards and buried at the bottom of next month’s story about the unexpected drop in jobless claims. Every employment metric has been better than expected since this sick circus pulled into town. Meanwhile, the concept of job creation is a distant fantasy.

[andy58-in-nh]

To be revised upward next week. In any event, any jobless claim number over 500,000 is a terrible number, historically speaking. Companies are shedding fewer workers because there are few workers left to lay off, short of going out of business.

[Personal Responsibility]

These people are turning into weathermen. They have no clue what’s coming but making predictions nonetheless.

[Zeddicus]

This is fantastic news. Soon, when everyone has lost their job, new jobless claims will fall to zero and everything will be wonderful!

[b4its2late]

Sickening.

[Texas resident]

How are they going to spin the layoffs in December. Traditionally, companies lay off at that time of the year as a nice little Christmas present.

[tiki]

What would be unexpected is new jobs being created and unemployment actually going down instead of up.

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

He truly is Urkel, “Did I do that?”

[Tolsti2]

AFAIK over 300k is bad.

[PA-RIVER]

Its a shame he didn't try running a Lemonade stand, municipality, or county before trying to run the Federal Government.

He might have learned that his communist theories SUCK.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Well, I’m a little confused by this INCREDIBLY GOOD NEWS.

So, can someone please verify for me that...

514,000 IS STILL OVER HALF A MILLION?????

[JewishRighter]

There’s that word again, unexpectedly. Last week when the number of new jobless claims rose, it was unexpected. This week when the number of jobless claims fell, it, too, is “unexpected”.
Further proof that the American people elected the most incompetent president in history because he could read a good speech.

Also further proof of a craven media that shamelessly plugs for the incompetent 0ne.

[OldNavyVet]

Words mean things ... How does bulls*it sound?

[LeonardFMason]

So 2,000,000+ people losing jobs over the past 4 weeks is a sign of improvement? Imagine the good times to come when only 1,500,000 people are losing jobs every month. Thank you President Obama. NGFY(Now Go F... Yourself)

[Wyatt's Torch]

Getting worse at a slower rate is not the same as getting better...

[hsmomx3]

People who have been collecting unemployment are dropped off as their benefits have run out but if congress approves another extension, we will see an UNEXPECTED rise in claims.

[Reagan Man]

I don't remember this type of spin from the media when America had high unemployment back in 1982-83, when Reagan was potus. Back then it was all doom and gloom and Reagan's JA sunk into the mid-30%.

Silly me. Back then it was ALL Reagan's fault, not Carter's. Now its ALL Bush's fault. Obama is innocent.

[mikey_hates_everything]

So this is a sign the labor market is improving because Wall Street economists expected 525,000? If these guys are such scary-smart soothsayers, why are we in this mess to begin with?