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Johnny2X2X

(23,693 posts)
9. Under Biden
Fri Jan 9, 2026, 09:44 AM
Friday

I'm old enough to remember when Joe Biden was President and he once missed a jobs report badly, but it still was +160,000 jobs. The news media treated it like a national crisis, "Biggest jobs miss ever, US only adds 160,000 jobs!!!!" It dominated the news for several days, both national and local.

And here we are with 8 months under Trump where the economy added less than that 160,000 jobs combined and it's barely a blip. Job growth has ground to a halt in the US, it's a complete disaster! This is a price that workers will pay, they're losing their jobs, they're having trouble finding new ones, and the new ones now don't have to pay as well because there are more job seekers.

To go 8 months with essentially 0 job growth is unreal. It's a crisis and the media is ignoring it because the media is corporate and administration owned.

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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
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