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alp227

(32,026 posts)
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 05:06 PM Sep 2012

Jobs numbers out next Friday...thoughts?

Well, another month has ended, which means another jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is due the Friday after the month. You can look up about 75 years worth of such reports here: http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES0000000001?output_view=net_1mth

I think there will still be net job growth as there has continually been since Oct. 2010. Question is, better, worse, or same as the 163,000 jobs created in July? Most likely the unemployment rate (currently 8.2%) might be the same or drop just 0.1%. These numbers will determine how many people will vote based on Reagan's mantra "A recession is when your neighbor loses his job. A depression is when you lose yours."

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Jobs numbers out next Friday...thoughts? (Original Post) alp227 Sep 2012 OP
If numbers are good the repukes will say it is a fluke still_one Sep 2012 #1

still_one

(92,209 posts)
1. If numbers are good the repukes will say it is a fluke
Sat Sep 1, 2012, 05:12 PM
Sep 2012

If they are bad they will say see i told you so

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