148,000 jobs, not good . They elected a non compos mentis autocrat for this.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

BREAKING

Labor force participation unchanged at 62.7%. Deplorables said that number was terrible.

I'm watching CNBC. The Deplorables on the panel predicted 210,000 to 270,000 jobs, when they were wrong there were no mea culpas, only more bullshit.

[burnbaby]

1. what should it be nt

[mcar]

2. I think 180,000

Or thereabouts. One would think it'd be even higher in December due to retail hiring.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. Retail lost jobs

[Sherman A1]

7. Retail is going to see nothing but

a bloodletting this year. It will likely be much worse than 2017 as the shakeout continues. Already we see Macy's and Sears announcing layoffs and store closings. There is much more to come.

[Brainstormy]

10. Amazon and other online sellers

will be the death of retail.

[Sherman A1]

12. It's a lot more than Amazon although they are a significant factor

The overbuilding of Retail shopping areas, the leveraging of large chains buy those seeking short term gains, changing demographics, changing technology with more and more going online for such things as books, video and music. The Walmartization of the Retail Sector and many other factors.

Stores will continue to open with 2017 seeing almost 4000 doing so, but in many cases those are small Retailers with limited capital and expertise that will likely not weather more than a couple of years.

[underpants]

3. Generally 150k jobs have to be added to stay above water

on the net number of people entering/leaving the workforce.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. You Decide

December 2017 ADP Job Growth Is 250,000

http://www.talkmarkets.com/content/us-markets/december-2017-adp-job-growth-is-250000?post=161543

[exboyfil]

6. With the Florida and Texas

Stimulus package for disaster relief? You are right - this could be bad.

[Boomerproud]

8. How much do you want to bet that the Twitterer-in-Chief is silent on this number.

Interesting to see if the investor class (aka Wall St) reacts negatively.

[RhodeIslandOne]

11. Nah, he will claim its the best number ever

He gets all the best numbers, the greatest, the best.

[Johnny2X2X]

9. Job growth slowed in 2017

Still mostly Obama's economy in 2017, but job growth did slow from what Obama's economy produced in previous years.

The economy is strong overall right now though, it was left in great shape by the previous administration. It's going to take years to destroy it, but we've seen these policies destroy the economy before.