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16. Thanks. It's a trick though.

Fri Jun 1, 2012, 09:15 AM

Jun 2012

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The commentary is all cut and paste. I have a text file that is prepared well ahead of time. All I have to do is copy it into the commentary section, with a few remarks that apply to this month's report. I feel that background is extremely important in understanding these numbers. No explanation means no comprehension.

If you go to the table that takes into account how many people have given up looking for worse, the percentage of people not working goes up a lot. So even 8.2% is optimistic. Sorry.

I take pride in not taking sides with the report. Numbers are numbers. There are no progressive numbers, and there are no teabagger numbers. The numbers come into BLS, and the GS-whatevers there turn them into the report once a month, uplifting or not.

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May payroll employment changes little (+69,000); jobless rate essentially unchanged (8.2%) [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2012 OP

Stinky BeyondGeography Jun 2012 #1

Beyond Stinky OverDone Jun 2012 #3

Well, there never has been a recovery BeyondGeography Jun 2012 #8

We don't make much any more....where would a recovery come from? NRaleighLiberal Jun 2012 #2

Give the Bush tax cuts some time MannyGoldstein Jun 2012 #5

Oh yes, indeed, absolutely. NRaleighLiberal Jun 2012 #6

We can all get jobs spying on each other without warrants. mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2012 #7

do you know if individual company job creation numbers are published anywhere? nt Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2012 #10

Changes little? Yeah, because April *and* March were both revised downward. Roland99 Jun 2012 #4

+1 Amazing that you pulled all this together! Great job. Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2012 #9

Thanks. It's a trick though. mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2012 #16

Yes. Well, obviously the numbers suck and the trends suck. But, there are Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2012 #26

March and April were also revised down. April from115k to 77k. newportdadde Jun 2012 #11

..as republicans are dancing in the streets... SoFlaJet Jun 2012 #12

Not looking forward to the inevitable RNC press release Proud Liberal Dem Jun 2012 #13

1/2 empty or 1/2 full rtracey Jun 2012 #14

+1 Proud Liberal Dem Jun 2012 #17

ha-ha-ha - whatever. I blame Boner - n/t coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #25

Well, that's not a gain at all, though, and is beloe zero JayhawkSD Jun 2012 #29

Thanks.. sendero Jun 2012 #33

oh no...the world is coming to an end!!! madrchsod Jun 2012 #15

Under Romney, we'll need to accustom ourselves to a new norm coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #24

Of course the world isn't coming to an end. totodeinhere Jun 2012 #30

Those construction jobs JustAnotherGen Jun 2012 #18

Fault ---> 10 Years of Republican Rule and a Present Do-Nothing Congress. nt onehandle Jun 2012 #19

+1000 DippyDem Jun 2012 #20

thats what the voters will decide.... blaming others is a tough sell @ election time.. n/t IamK Jun 2012 #22

add in the cost of all of these wars happynewyear Jun 2012 #38

time to dust off the "jobs saved" calcualtor.... n/t IamK Jun 2012 #21

We still might OverDone Jun 2012 #27

DEAD . . . CAT . . . BOUNCE . . . - n/t coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #23

Interesting phrasing on that release JayhawkSD Jun 2012 #28

Untrue pinqy Jun 2012 #31

Not a good report taught_me_patience Jun 2012 #32

I usually weigh in to correct bad spin but the negative spinners have stayed away today mathematic Jun 2012 #34

Wait, you're saying this is a good report? If so, we must inhabit alternate coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #35

No, I'm not saying this is a good report. mathematic Jun 2012 #36

yup happynewyear Jun 2012 #37

The "U-6 Number" mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2012 #39