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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJobs Numbers Due Out Tomorrow......
... Any thoughts on the July numbers?
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Jobs Numbers Due Out Tomorrow...... (Original Post)
rsmith6621
Aug 2012
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FBaggins
(26,748 posts)1. Surprising.
Further deponent sayeth not
Ganja Ninja
(15,953 posts)2. Not good. n/t
GusFring
(756 posts)3. Bad. What do you expect with the current congress doing nothing?
TheMastersNemesis
(10,602 posts)4. It Is All About GOP Sabotage
I am sure that numbers will not look good. The GOP has done a good job at sabotaging the recovery. It was going to be difficult to turn things around. One thing will be sure with the GOP in power. It is they will make the economy even worse and suppress wages even further.
taught_me_patience
(5,477 posts)5. 100-150k and unemployment rate unchanged
treading water. Revisions are also important... it would be nice to see an upward revision to last month's terrible number.
scheming daemons
(25,487 posts)6. +80,000 is not a "terrible" number
For the first 7 years of Bush's term, before the financial crisis, the average was +65,000.
If you include his last year, Bush's average was +20,000.
Obama's June number of +80,000 would be in the top 25 months of Bush's 84 months in office.
Don't let the media spin you.