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The White House is trying to prepare Americans for a 'strange' jobs report
yahoo ^ | Feb 1, 2022 | Ben Werschkul

Posted on 02/02/2022 4:49:48 AM PST by where's_the_Outrage?

Ahead of Friday's jobs report, the White House is lowering expectations about a number they say could be hard hit by both the Omicron variant and a quirk of how the data is gathered each month.

"We just wanted to prepare people to understand...what it is an assessment of and as a result, the month’s jobs report may show job losses in large part because workers were out sick from Omicron," Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Monday.

Experts have warned of less than stellar news for weeks. On Jan. 20, Moody’s Analytics' Adam Kamins joined Yahoo Finance and noted that some strong 2021 jobs numbers "don't reflect Omicron yet.” The variant could be a setback for jobs in January and February, he added.

The White House is concerned that Friday’s report could be especially eye-popping because of how the jobs data is gathered. The “January” number being released on Friday is actually the result of a survey taken for a week around Jan. 12 — instead of an accounting of the entire month.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: covid; economy; jobs; jobsreport
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

What they aren’t telling everyone that there is a very significant risk the economy is going in to recession.

The Fed has signaled 7 straight interest rates. Stagflation here we come.


21 posted on 02/02/2022 6:03:46 AM PST by IamConservative (I was nervous like the third chimp in line for the Ark after the rain started.)
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To: rlmorel

“they have been trying vainly to trumpet employment numbers in the recent past, saying they have created more jobs than any administration in history”

People returning to jobs that they had prior to businesses being shut down IS NOT “job creation” but they claim that their adminstration “created” the jobs. Biden only created jobs for Hunter and Jim. He doesn’t give a $hit about anyone else. This has been counted this way for ages...not just with the Biden administration...past adminstrations have used the same methods to make themselves look good. It is very similar to to how they measure “unemployment rate” ...if everyone who is does not have a job is sitting at home, not actively looking for a job or filing for unemployment, the unemployment rate is 0%. Washington constructs these methods so they can claim whatever they want so it best suits their storyline.

The only way to remedy this is to drain the swamp and that includes 99% of the elected congress-critters. They all have their hands in the pot of gold.


22 posted on 02/02/2022 6:18:05 AM PST by RouxStir (No peein' in the gene pool.)
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To: rlmorel

“they have been trying vainly to trumpet employment numbers in the recent past, saying they have created more jobs than any administration in history”

People returning to jobs that they had prior to businesses being shut down IS NOT “job creation” but they claim that their adminstration “created” the jobs. Biden only created jobs for Hunter and Jim. He doesn’t give a $hit about anyone else. This has been counted this way for ages...not just with the Biden administration...past adminstrations have used the same methods to make themselves look good. It is very similar to to how they measure (scam) “unemployment rate” ...if everyone who is does not have a job is sitting at home, not actively looking for a job or filing for unemployment, the unemployment rate is 0%. Washington constructs these methods so they can claim whatever they want so it best suits their storyline.

The only way to remedy this is to drain the swamp and that includes 99% of the elected congress-critters. They all have their hands in the pot of gold.


23 posted on 02/02/2022 6:30:48 AM PST by RouxStir (No peein' in the gene pool.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

This what happens when you implement vaccine mandates and fire of the un-vaccinated.


24 posted on 02/02/2022 6:57:43 AM PST by Senator_Blutarski
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To: Senator_Blutarski

Yep....not complicated, to figure out.

Well, that is unless you are the CommieCore *educated* masses.


25 posted on 02/02/2022 6:58:49 AM PST by Jane Long (What we were told was a “conspiracy theory” in 2020 is now fact. 🙏🏻 Ps 33:12)
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To: RouxStir

It is all Three Card Monte, and all sides do it.

The problem is (as I see it) that when “our side” plays Three Card Monte with issues, it is more an afterthought than a plan.

With Leftists, incorporating Three Card Monte as a critical component of their endeavors, to lie, cheat, and steal, IS an INTEGRAL part of their plan.


26 posted on 02/02/2022 6:59:11 AM PST by rlmorel (Nothing can foster principles of freedom more effectively than the imposition of tyranny.)
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To: CIB-173RDABN

“What does being sick have to do with reported job losses?”

Just another way to “pencil whip the paperwork”.


27 posted on 02/02/2022 6:59:20 AM PST by A Voice (As it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be in the end times.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

All the mules the CIA/FBI hired to stuff fake ballots in drop boxes must have suddenly fallen off the payrolls now that attention is being paid to the paid.


28 posted on 02/02/2022 7:01:06 AM PST by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: avital2

IF I am out sick-—I HAVE NOT LOST MY JOB.


29 posted on 02/02/2022 9:12:40 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: Flick Lives

The Biden variant could be eliminated if the right people really wanted to try. Hard to believe that we will be tormented by this man’s ineptitude (and that of his administration) for 3 more years.


30 posted on 02/02/2022 8:25:37 PM PST by oldtech
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