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June Jobs Report Shows US Recovery Is Accelerating
ABC News ^ | July 3, 2014 | By JOSH BOAK AP Economics Writer

Posted on 07/03/2014 1:30:59 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

A surprisingly robust job market is energizing the 5-year-old U.S. recovery and driving the economy closer to full health.

"This has now become a textbook jobs expansion," said Patrick O'Keefe, director of economic research at the consultancy CohnReznick. "It is both broad and accelerating."

Several other signs point to the economy's brightening health.

Auto sales rose at the fastest pace in eight years in June. Factory orders picked up last month. And home sales strengthened this spring after having sputtered in the middle of last year when higher mortgage rates and rising prices hurt affordability.

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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Bull$#!t


21 posted on 07/03/2014 2:25:34 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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Despite the fact that nobody believes these fake numbers, what exactly did obastard supposedly “do”, to “improve” the economy in order to claim credit for it?


22 posted on 07/03/2014 2:26:40 PM PDT by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%i)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Nobody in Big Media noticed that the economy SHRANK last quarter. It’s accelerating all right. Accelerating downwards.


23 posted on 07/03/2014 2:45:34 PM PDT by DManA
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“A surprisingly robust job market is energizing the 5-year-old U.S....”

A recovery that needs energizing 5 years after it has begun cannot by any measure be called a recovery.


24 posted on 07/03/2014 2:54:10 PM PDT by TalBlack (Evil doesn't have a day job.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Well, growth was down 2% last quarter, so if it’s down 1.5% this quarter, the economy will really be humming.


25 posted on 07/03/2014 2:59:24 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: NormsRevenge
Accelerating? Like Thelma and Louise?

Brilliant! I'm calling this "the Thelma and Louise economy."

26 posted on 07/03/2014 3:00:47 PM PDT by St_Thomas_Aquinas ( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
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To: tanknetter
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-07-03/june-full-time-jobs-plunge-over-half-million-part-time-jobs-surge-800k-most-1993


27 posted on 07/03/2014 3:16:26 PM PDT by Neidermeyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Celebrate good times, c'mon!
28 posted on 07/03/2014 3:25:52 PM PDT by JPG (Yes We Can morphs into Make It Hurt.)
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To: Repealthe17thAmendment

I ain’t a math......er’ real good at math...but some of dem figures don’t match up..at least I think.


29 posted on 07/03/2014 3:29:17 PM PDT by Osage Orange (I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.)
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To: Neidermeyer

Thanks!

I’m guessing the spike in part time jobs is due to highschoolers and college kids picking up Summer jobs.

But I was also poking out at BLS.gov and noticed that the number of people working part time jobs because they needed work and couldn’t find full time jobs increased by 275,000. So most of the 288k increase can be accounted for by the underemployed.


30 posted on 07/03/2014 3:55:22 PM PDT by tanknetter
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To: tanknetter

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-07-03/june-full-time-jobs-plunge-over-half-million-part-time-jobs-surge-800k-most-1993


31 posted on 07/04/2014 7:57:46 PM PDT by cumbo78
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