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FakeNoose

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5. Mostly temp jobs, am I right?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Jan 9, 2026, 08:52 AM

Friday

Amazon was probably hiring home delivery drivers, but they'll get laid off soon. Same with UPS and Fedex Ground.

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U.S. payrolls rose 50,000 in December, less than expected; unemployment rate falls to 4.4% [View all] BumRushDaShow Friday OP

The jackass has created a no fire no hire economy in the private sector. lostincalifornia Friday #1

4.4% unemployment while the U.S. economy is losing jobs? NoMoreRepugs Friday #2

I know progree will be around shortly but I think one factor is the "Labor Participation Rate" BumRushDaShow Friday #3

#29 a little ways below /nt progree Friday #30

... BumRushDaShow Friday #31

could be an effect of mass deportations DBoon Friday #15

Yes. The St. Louis Fed estimates only a net 57k jobs/month (+/- 25k) need to be created, down from the old 150k number progree Friday #29

Actually nonfarm payroll employment FELL by 192,000, but were seasonally adjusted upwards to +50,000 progree Friday #4

Mostly temp jobs, am I right? FakeNoose Friday #5

Not necessarily. UPS, FedEx & Amazon increases are accounted for by the Seasonal Adjustment. Wiz Imp Friday #7

I'm guessing all the hirng.... SergeStorms Friday #26

Looking at the graph Johnny2X2X Friday #6

The October massive drop (fed "Fork in the Road" disaster) BumRushDaShow Friday #8

Under Biden Johnny2X2X Friday #9

This tells it all BumRushDaShow Friday #12

"this tells it all" - yes it does. I like that it's percent change, and that it is annualized progree Friday #20

Brilliant! Thanks wolfie001 Friday #21

striking Skittles Friday #27

Yes. April level 159433. December 159526 Wiz Imp Friday #10

11,625 jobs a month! Johnny2X2X Friday #16

Yeah, no. I'm not buying it. Texin Friday #11

Aaron Rupar's video clips of administration talking heads trying to change the subject: mahatmakanejeeves Friday #13

This one? BumRushDaShow Friday #18

That smarmy imp puts the ass in Hassett peppertree Friday #22

Data is from the BLS - already gutted of intelligent people by pres dump. mdbl Friday #14

That - or he has his "supervisors" keep an eye on them numbers peppertree Friday #23

Links to data series progree Friday #17

Both payroll employment (+50,000) and unemployment rate (4.4%) change little in December mahatmakanejeeves Friday #19

and in a couple of months, it will be revised down further as seems to be the case. nt Javaman Friday #24

They already had some revisions downward of previous data! BumRushDaShow Friday #25

Compare to Wednesday's ADP report of PRIVATE payrolls: ADP: +41k, BLS: +37k progree Friday #28

Benchmark jobs data will be released with the next monthly release at the beginning of February. Wiz Imp Friday #32

🚨 President Literal Asswipe posted job numbers from the report the evening before 😬! progree Friday #33

"if you REALLY want to be first with the jobs report, check Truth Social the night before" BumRushDaShow Friday #34