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BLS Employment Situation Summary (up 0.1% to 7.9%)
Bureau of Labor Statistics ^ | 2 Nov 12 | Bureau of Labor Statistics

Posted on 11/02/2012 5:35:32 AM PDT by xzins

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To: CommieCutter

at least until its revised


61 posted on 11/02/2012 6:03:39 AM PDT by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: GeronL

The unemployment rate rises. So much for “signs of recovery.” Spin this all they want, the soundbite is: unemployment has risen AGAIN under President Stupid.


62 posted on 11/02/2012 6:07:09 AM PDT by Outraged At FLA
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To: GeronL

Here, let me rephrase that:

Numbers were fudged to finally get it under 8%.


63 posted on 11/02/2012 6:12:26 AM PDT by CommieCutter
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To: xzins

This isn’t even a dead cat bounce,


64 posted on 11/02/2012 6:13:38 AM PDT by bjorn14 (Woe to those who call good evil and evil good. Isaiah 5:20)
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Sorry, guys. Changed the headline again. I was dealing with a number of BLS/unemployment threads at the same time, and was trying to make at least one of them work.

This is a good time to remind everyone to use proper headlines in order to avoid duplicates.

65 posted on 11/02/2012 6:17:08 AM PDT by Admin Moderator
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To: Admin Moderator

Thanks, AM. I appreciate your help.


66 posted on 11/02/2012 6:22:14 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True supporters of our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: mrs9x

Thank you!!


67 posted on 11/02/2012 6:31:20 AM PDT by SueRae (See it? Hell, I can TASTE November from my house!)
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To: AppyPappy

So if things are really “unchanged” then we should expect a correction to 8.0% for October.


68 posted on 11/02/2012 6:34:17 AM PDT by PharmFrog
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To: RetiredArmy

I’m new here. I’m 41 and live in Ohio and I don’t care how they spin this its bad for obama. It should have went down for it to be good for obama. Plus the jobs numbers should be over 300,000 a month to be good. His weren’t even half that. Not good.


69 posted on 11/02/2012 6:34:50 AM PDT by tstover2
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To: Vermont Lt
Yeah the rate is higher but I called it here last night . I knew the BLS (a government agency) faked the unemployment rate and wouldn't let the unemployment rate go to 8% because they we couldn't say it “changed” and went up.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2953611/posts?page=38#38

. this is not to say I was right but to expose this evil lying government and evil lying communist Obama and the evil lying marxist media.

70 posted on 11/02/2012 6:52:57 AM PDT by rurgan (give laws an expiration date:so the congress has to review every 4 years to see if needed)
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To: Vermont Lt
Yeah the rate is higher but I called it here last night . I knew the BLS (a government agency) faked the unemployment rate and wouldn't let the unemployment rate go to 8% because they we couldn't say it “changed” and went up. I mean the media could then spin it so say "unchanged" and no way would they let it go to 8%. Pure evil

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2953611/posts?page=38#38

. this is not to say I was right but to expose this evil lying government and evil lying communist Obama and the evil lying marxist media.

71 posted on 11/02/2012 6:54:01 AM PDT by rurgan (give laws an expiration date:so the congress has to review every 4 years to see if needed)
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To: AppyPappy
"The 7.8% number for September was later “corrected” to 7.9%."

Yup. I've read that 82 of the last 83 weeks have been revised upward. So I'm guessing in the next couple weeks we will see 8%. Still those numbers are never the true picture of unemployment because they never include the millions who have given up looking for jobs or the underemployed, not to mention the thousands of recent graduates who can't find work. Plus, Holiday hiring starts at the end of October which always skews the numbers to the positive. So the real first time applications for unemployment insurance would be worse.

CNBC is trying to say this .1% increase is a good thing. Have to say that although the BLS always has to "correct" their numbers (which is plausible due to late reporting), it seems to be non-partisan and didn't try to massage the numbers down from 7.8% to give Bambi a positive, as many here often postulate. That's good thing but makes a person wonder why he doesn't control them.

Also, are there any missing numbers from the eastern States/Counties due to Sandy? And what about the reports of many large companies anticipating layoffs? Then there is always Europe that is still contracting.

Bottom line, let's see Bambi spin this .1% increase as a positive. Then let's see Romney give the bigger picture which includes some of the facts stated above.

72 posted on 11/02/2012 7:29:51 AM PDT by A Navy Vet (An Oath is Forever)
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To: xzins

That was not addressed to you personally- but the contents of the post


73 posted on 11/02/2012 8:16:41 AM PDT by Mr. K (What The World would hate more than the USA in charge is the USA NOT in charge")
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To: xzins

Romney can run with this. After 4 years the unemployment rate under the socialist has risen,not declined. I mean this is a hanging curve.


74 posted on 11/02/2012 11:32:52 AM PDT by jwalsh07
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To: A Navy Vet

Romney could say “The President is claiming we are making progress. Yet October unemployment is 7.9%. October was revised up. Unemployment is higher now than when the President took office. Worse, yes, it gets worse... look at more continuing trends: October paychecks are down, October hours worked are down, and the added jobs President Obama brags about are not even enough to keep up with population growth.”

Then ask the crowd “Does this sound like progress to you?”
(pause for crowd response)

“I don’t think he hears you. Is this progress?”
(pause)

“Are you being told the truth?”
(pause)

“Does the President deserve your vote?”
(pause)

“Can this great nation do better?”
(long pause)

“With your help, WE. WILL.”


75 posted on 11/02/2012 1:54:32 PM PDT by Paul R. (We are in a break in an Ice Age. A brief break at that...)
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To: SueRae

The U rate went up because the labor force grew so more people were looking for work.

To keep the rate steady we have to grow at a 3% rate according to history.

This job growth is way too low to bring the 23+ million without full time work back. Even 200,000 per month would take TEN years to get back to 2007.


76 posted on 11/02/2012 5:09:35 PM PDT by arrogantsob (The Disaster MUST Go. Sarah herself supports Romney.)
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To: KevinDavis
Holiday Hiring...

That's what I think. I expect to find that the jobs added were part time temp jobs, and that we lost some full time jobs, as happened last month.

77 posted on 11/02/2012 5:21:46 PM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Ho, ho, hey, hey, I'm BUYcotting Chick-Fil-A)
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