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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumGreat news in new jobs report!
Unemployment at 4.9%. First time below 5% since 2008. Parsing the numbers shows softness, but good composite number for Hill going into final weekend!
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Great news in new jobs report! (Original Post)
cilla4progress
Nov 2016
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Oh no...those numbers are not real! Those are made of numbers. Everything is falling apart!
helpisontheway
Nov 2016
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Laf.La.Dem.
(2,977 posts)1. No news here - move on!
liberal N proud
(61,194 posts)2. Hope that means my time in that 4.9% is short
It's been just over a month at this point. First time in my career.
cilla4progress
(26,525 posts)4. Regrets!
I've been laid off a few times in my adult life. It's painful. I feel you.
helpisontheway
(5,378 posts)3. Oh no...those numbers are not real! Those are made of numbers. Everything is falling apart!
It is awful! So says the Trump campaign............
scheming daemons
(25,487 posts)5. not only that, wages are up
and Sept was revised upward by 40,000. that makes today's number effectively +201,000.
Johnny2X2X
(24,207 posts)6. Wages rising fast
2016 might beat 2015 as the best year for median wage growth ever.