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Hoyt

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8. Certainly don't trust job numbers uttered directly by trump, but I think BLS reports are reasonably

Reply to GetRidOfThem (Original post)

Sat Dec 7, 2019, 09:17 AM

Dec 2019

accurate, especially after analysis have commented on things like the effect of the end of the GM strike.

One can argue whether they are good paying jobs, whether it's a blip, whether it will continue, etc., but I think the numbers are as accurate as we can get in a large, complex economy.

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I wonder about that great job boom everybody is talking about... [View all] GetRidOfThem Dec 2019 OP

No True Blue American Dec 2019 #1

+1000 Sherman A1 Dec 2019 #2

it is the economists' prediction I am worried about... GetRidOfThem Dec 2019 #7

How many of those jobs Ohiogal Dec 2019 #3

They don't! True Blue American Dec 2019 #15

I wonder too Sanity Claws Dec 2019 #4

It all depends what field one is in madville Dec 2019 #6

Those are the jobs that True Blue American Dec 2019 #16

There is this, too.... if the economy slows down, there will be less demand for the trades. nt albacore Dec 2019 #19

Depends True Blue American Dec 2019 #22

Simple explanation from the UK that makes sense here too.... KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2019 #5

Certainly don't trust job numbers uttered directly by trump, but I think BLS reports are reasonably Hoyt Dec 2019 #8

Thank you for pointing out to me... GetRidOfThem Dec 2019 #9

Wage increases have exceeded inflation, that's a good thing although nothing to get excited about. Hoyt Dec 2019 #10

Uhm, starting pay hasn't increased for many jobs in over a decade... Humanist_Activist Dec 2019 #14

The link says "real" wages have barely budged. If it's the same type job, not sure Hoyt Dec 2019 #17

Walmart True Blue American Dec 2019 #20

You are not paranoid enough. The fact that the MSM uses it mechanically, and reflexively, to rebut Anon-C Dec 2019 #11

Trump doesnt deserve credit for the good economy. Joe941 Dec 2019 #12

100% True Blue American Dec 2019 #23

As far as I'm aware of, unemployment numbers only count those collecting unemployment and looking... Humanist_Activist Dec 2019 #13

People are acting like this jobs report will matter Johnny2X2X Dec 2019 #18

About that "booming economy"..... albacore Dec 2019 #21

The revised the last numbers significantly. I remember Bush time we would get one set of #s Lexee Dec 2019 #24