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Thanks a lot Biden, worst unemployment in half a century IronLionZion Aug 2022 #1
Links to some BLS Data Series Numbers and Graphs progree Aug 2022 #2
Did you mean to respond to my post? IronLionZion Aug 2022 #3
Oh go ahead and accept the data! BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #5
I accept! IronLionZion Aug 2022 #12
.... BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #15
Thanks! 😊😊😊 /nt progree Aug 2022 #43
... BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #44
The OP. I threw a quick "edited to add" at the bottom a minute later explaining my mistake. I'm progree Aug 2022 #8
I see "Hiring Now" signs all over the place in Montgomery County, MD nt Samrob Aug 2022 #63
But, but but what about the recession???????!!?11? Meadowoak Aug 2022 #4
it's more nuanced than that. With the job market like this, inflation is likely not receding. Calista241 Aug 2022 #42
Holy shit! Them's some good numbers. Itchinjim Aug 2022 #6
3.5% is the all time record low! Johnny2X2X Aug 2022 #7
Sorry, not the record low progree Aug 2022 #16
Wasn't 3.5% unemployment touted by the "librull media" as the doc03 Aug 2022 #9
Low is bad, right? IronLionZion Aug 2022 #13
At the time, Slobfather's 3.5% was the lowest unemployment rate since May 1969 when it was 3.4% progree Aug 2022 #24
But now it is "are we in a recession"? nt doc03 Aug 2022 #29
Links to earlier reports: mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 #10
and gasoline prices dropping to over a dollar, will lower inflation JohnSJ Aug 2022 #11
The guy down the road that had a life size Joe Biden doc03 Aug 2022 #17
LOL BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #19
Ha, ha, ha!!! PatSeg Aug 2022 #22
That is so cool! PatSeg Aug 2022 #21
Payroll levels have returned to pre-COVID levels! BootinUp Aug 2022 #14
There are still help wanted signs on about every doc03 Aug 2022 #18
From the source: mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 #20
Where are the half-baked twitter pundits and grandstanding politicians now? mathematic Aug 2022 #23
we need a GIF of furiously moving goalposts. lol BootinUp Aug 2022 #26
I have seen a few postd on DU but this one is a good alternative BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #32
It was just last week the so-called financial experts were saying we were in a recession JohnSJ Aug 2022 #30
This time is different BootinUp Aug 2022 #25
The other indicator that is "different" BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #37
No doubt Republicans telling their Corporate buddies to STOP HIRING DAMMIT!! Bengus81 Aug 2022 #27
Marketwatch BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #28
Additional links: mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 #31
Links to charts and graphs from the BLS Twitter account: mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 #33
May/June revised upwards BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #34
Meaning there are 556,000 more jobs than were in the June report released 7/8. progree Aug 2022 #35
Will have to see what happens next month BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #36
Another point here is that wages can grow and that doesn't kill jobs Yavin4 Aug 2022 #38
I think we are getting it narrowed down to BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #39
Amazing now adding 534k jobs is a bad thing...seems big media theme nowforever Aug 2022 #40
+1 BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #41
New article by P. Krugman BootinUp Aug 2022 #45
A Not paywalled link progree Aug 2022 #47
TY. Good read. BootinUp Aug 2022 #48
Graphs BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #50
Thanks 😊. Aug 10 (July's CPI report) will be very interesting. /nt progree Aug 2022 #57
You're welcome BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #58
The CPI numbers are seasonally adjusted, but that can get screwed up too! progree Aug 2022 #59
Well colleges start much sooner BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #60
The next milestone is stopping the drop in real wages progree Aug 2022 #46
Let me throw this out there BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #53
Wage growth moves slower than CPI. Compare it to core CPI mathematic Aug 2022 #55
I can't do that. I can't compare wages to an inflation measure that excludes energy and food progree Aug 2022 #62
"Tucker's opening monologue tonight: Jobs: Do we need them?" mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 #49
Lol NickB79 Aug 2022 #51
The US netted more jobs this month alone than the entirety of Donald Trump's presidency. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2022 #52
I suppose it depends how one picks the start and end points -- I have Slobf as negative jobs created progree Aug 2022 #56
I want to rec this post a gazillion times! llmart Aug 2022 #54
Fox Slammer Aug 2022 #61
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