Blizzard of bad jobs news to hit Friday

The Hill ^ | 3/3/10 | Ian Swanson

[Nachum]

The White House is bracing for an ugly unemployment report on Friday that is expected to be worse because of the three winter storms that hit the East Coast last month.

Goldman Sachs predicted the economy will lose as many as 100,000 jobs in February due to blizzard-like conditions that kept employers and prospective hires from getting to the office.

[Nachum]

Released on Friday...how convenient

[Nachum]

The list, ping

[Recovering_Democrat]

[MIchaelTArchangel]

There will be a host of new jobless claims early next January when the new Congress is sworn in.

[equalitybeforethelaw]

So according to this report it can’t be “unexpected”. I bet that “unexpected” job losses is used throughout all reports.

[Sir Gawain]

Goldman Sachs predictions are awesome. LOL what BS.

[Above My Pay Grade]

I’m sure it will be reported as:

Barack Obama created or saved 400,000 jobs in February, which were offset by the 500,000 jobs that George W. Bush lost in February.

[Marty62]

Surprise, surprise.

Everyone in msm thinks the economy is just humming along.
Yet the “unwashed masses” KNOW the truth.

[thepatriot1]

The jobs report is always released on the first Friday of the month.

[kara37]

It’s always released the first Friday of the month.

[DonaldC]

“Goldman Sachs predicted the economy will lose as many as 100,000 jobs in February due to blizzard-like conditions that kept employers and prospective hires from getting to the office.”

Snow may be the official reason, but I don’t buy it.

[Sprite518]

Sounds familiar... I recall when the Soviet Union used to blame their problems on the weather too. Now we know what we are becoming...

[WOBBLY BOB]

blame the blizzards.

[central_va]

Come on all you Freeper, can I get a

How Unexpected

[Sprite518]

Oh and you can count on Obama blaming Bush and the Republicans for not passing health care. LOL! Idiots!

[dawn53]

Well, I’m pretty sure jobless claims are usually released on Friday. However, this business of it being snow related...hogwash!!!

[Prole]

[GlennBeck08]

All right Dems, campaign on the two Bs. Blizzards and Bush. Good luck.

[central_va]

Women and children hit hardest...

[A message]

an ugly unemployment report on Friday that is expected to be worse because of the three winter storms that hit the East Coast last month.

MSNBC headline: Global warming causes unexpected job losses.

[TSgt]

Goldman Sachs predicted the economy will lose as many as 100,000 jobs in February due to blizzard-like conditions that kept employers and prospective hires from getting to the office.

If this is true we'll see 100,000 jobs ADDED in March now that everyone can get into the office?

[blackdog]

So to not be a victim of a BS call, the numbers for March 2009 should be at least 100,000 higher than baseline?

Or doesn't a lie count in Washington after 30 days or something?

[lone star annie]

This is BS. The weather did not have anything to do with people losing their jobs all over this country.

Wake me when this freaking nightmare of an administration is over.

[Oldpuppymax]

And NATURALLY The Hill says the weather is to blame!

[stephenjohnbanker]

“Goldman Sachs predicted the economy will lose as many as 100,000 jobs in February due to blizzard-like conditions”

Snow job ;-)

[henkster]

“Unexpected”

“It’s the weather”

It’s all BS. We’ve had snowstorms before and they’ve never caused layoffs. Any fool knows there is no real recovery going on, and they keep bringing up any reason they can as an excuse for more bad news. Next month it will be “big thunderstorms” in the south. In May it will be “college grads seeking summer jobs.” In June, it will be “teachers laid off for the summer.”

Most people can see through this baloney.

[TSgt]

[JoSixChip]

Are we sure this is not a case of lowering expectations so they can claim some kind of victory if they are not that bad. Whatever it is I can tell you, having been looking for a job over a year now, that it is bad out there. Go through a drive through, collage educated burger flippers and accountants running the registers. No one is expanding and when they fill a vacated position there are literally thousands of applicants. I myself have applied for lots of jobs I am clearly over qualified for only to receive a response saying they have better qualified candidates.

[R_Kangel]

LOL They did this last month and the news ended up quite differently.

[central_va]

Goldman Sachs predicted the economy will lose as many as 100,000 jobs in February

For a split second I thought it said -- Goldman Sachs predicted it will lose as many as 100,000 jobs in February

Darn I was happy for a second...

[bayliving]

Yet the “unwashed masses” KNOW the truth.

My best friend hasn't worked a full week in two months and just got laid off and my next door neighbor just had his power turned off and is living on a gas powered generator.

That constant humming is on my nerves but I understand and will say nothing as it may be ME next month.

We have already been told that layoffs are coming...

[Marty62]

“Hutchison underestimated anti-Washington sentiment”
Houston Comical

And the Dums are running a Washington/Acorn/Sancuary City Elmer Fudd.

[tsmith130]

“It’s snowing...you’re fired.”? I don’t think so. If anything, claims should be down because of the snow storms.

[paulycy]

Come on all you Freeper, can I get a How Unexpected

They fooled us this week, though. They announced that they are going to blame it on the bad weather, what with this winter actually being cold and having snow and stuff this year. They hadn't counted on that. So it's the winter weather that they didn't expect in the first quarter of the year...

[blackdog]

If 100,000 people don't get hired because of snow, two facts are certain........

1) The person you were going to hire is not going to be a reliable employee.

2) The job unless filled immediately after the storms was never a viable position in the first place.

[Marty62]

OMG, I will pray for all of you.

This is not just some set of numbers, it is about real people. And what is this bunch in D.C doing. Knashing their teeth about a HCR Bill that doesn’t even take effect immediately. What a nightmare.

[Trust but Verify]

If I’m not mistaken, the jobs reports are always released on Fridays.

[bayliving]

blame the blizzards Bush.

There. Fixed it!

[jennyjenny]

Goldman Sachs predicted the economy will lose as many as 100,000 jobs in February due to blizzard-like conditions that kept employers and prospective hires from getting to the office.

Whaaaat? Jobs losses because they couldn't hire people? Hiring people would be adding jobs, would it not? Did they fire or lay people off because they couldn't get to the office? Granted, I'm under the influence of medication at the moment so maybe it's just me but, this doens't make sense.

[factmart]

They forgot all the new jobs created by the snow; shoveler, all the people who make and sell shovels, snow-blowers, etc, people who make a sell and winter sports stuff.

[LostInBayport]

Goldman Sachs predicted the economy will lose as many as 100,000 jobs in February due to blizzard-like conditions that kept employers and prospective hires from getting to the office.

A manifestation of the public sector influence on Goldman Sachs. Only in the public sector do offices shut down and workers employees call in en masse. Those of us in the private sector still have to get to work. And I'm sure most of the unemployed with bills to pay would not let the snow keep them from getting to a job interview, and a private sector business with positions to fill still needs them filled, snow or no.

[Know et al]

Let me see if I have this right. February blizzards froze hiring, March winds blew away hiring, April showers will rain out hiring and May allergies to flowers will sneeze away hiring.

Well, at least it isn’t poor policy that is causing the problem./s

[LostInBayport]

Let me see if I have this right. February blizzards froze hiring, March winds blew away hiring, April showers will rain out hiring and May allergies to flowers will sneeze away hiring.

That's brilliant! Send that to Rush Limbaugh.

[TwelveOfTwenty]

Are we sure this is not a case of lowering expectations so they can claim some kind of victory if they are not that bad.

That's what I think is happening. The government is already hiring the (temp) census workers, so I can't see any reason for overall jobless numbers to have gone up in February.

Whatever it is I can tell you, having been looking for a job over a year now, that it is bad out there.

I hope you find something.

[factmart]

This is the worst economy since the great depression by far and it is not getting better.

I been in real estate for a long time and right now is worse than ever!

[bayliving]

This is not just some set of numbers, it is about real people. And what is this bunch in D.C doing. Knashing their teeth about a HCR Bill that doesn’t even take effect immediately. What a nightmare.

I hold commucrats and the entire Obamination administration responsible for this and I don't know if we as a country can survive another three years of this crap.

[jennyjenny]

You’re right, unfortunately. I can’t tell you the number of highly educated, previously successful people I know who have not been able to find work. It’s horrible.

[bayliving]

all the people who make and sell shovels, snow-blowers, etc, people who make a sell and winter sports stuff.

All those jobs have been moved to other countries that don't tax at anything near the rate the US does and they aren't hostile to manufacturing companies like the US is.

[reagan_fanatic]

Go through a drive through, collage educated burger flippers and accountants running the registers

I know what you mean.

My Son works for a national cartridge refilling company. In better times, their applicants would be high school graduates and the like. In the last year, many of them have come from former John Deere and Alcoa workers - people who were making $20 or more an hour and are college educated.

I think it's a lot worse than most people realize.

[Marty62]

Interestingly when talking about the housing crisis, they never mention the realtors,home improvement industry,etc etc etc that is supported by that industry.

The lack of knowledge in this admin is freightening.