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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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1 posted on 11/02/2012 5:35:38 AM PDT by xzins
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The highest estimate was 150,000. And they blew that away.

It will be interesting to see November/December. I am skeptical.


2 posted on 11/02/2012 5:37:14 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (The dude abides.)
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Watch the MSM try to spin this into good news. Too bad, it won’t work. Jobless rate went up.


3 posted on 11/02/2012 5:37:35 AM PDT by BlueStateRightist
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To: xzins

Liars. The rate is higher.


4 posted on 11/02/2012 5:37:50 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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MSNBC is saying..this is a positive for the president..it shows the economy is improving...it went up..but this is so so good...WTF!?


5 posted on 11/02/2012 5:37:55 AM PDT by StopDemocratsDotCom
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To: Vermont Lt; All

Holiday Hiring...


6 posted on 11/02/2012 5:38:21 AM PDT by KevinDavis (And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.)
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To: xzins

I’m shocked! I expected them to cook the books down below 7% for Dear Ruler.


7 posted on 11/02/2012 5:38:58 AM PDT by Marathoner (If the bastard were to win reelection, let America burn. IDGAF anymore.)
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To: xzins

Not what Obama needed, but he can say he kept it under 8% for all that’s worth.


8 posted on 11/02/2012 5:39:07 AM PDT by AU72
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Anyone know if all states are reporting? I heard something last night that New York and New Jersey numbers wouldn’t be incldued...can’t confirm.

How do you get an increase in non-farm hiring and a rise in the rate? Shouldn’t htey work inversely? I think need to turn off the TV until next Wednesday. Thanks for the post, though..


9 posted on 11/02/2012 5:39:07 AM PDT by SueRae (See it? Hell, I can TASTE November from my house!)
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The spin will be althought the rate of unemployment was up it was because more people entered the workforce feeling they had a better chance of getting a job.


10 posted on 11/02/2012 5:39:47 AM PDT by Lacey2
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so an increase from 7.8 to 7.9 is ‘unchanged’?

interesting


11 posted on 11/02/2012 5:40:09 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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MSNBC is saying..this is a positive for the president...

Obama could be caught in bed with a dead women or live boy and MSNBC would say it is positive for the President....

12 posted on 11/02/2012 5:40:31 AM PDT by apillar
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To: SueRae

Market not liking the number


13 posted on 11/02/2012 5:40:36 AM PDT by scooby321 (AMS)
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To: xzins

The 7.8% number for September was later “corrected” to 7.9%.


14 posted on 11/02/2012 5:40:40 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to annoy someone, point out something obvious that they are trying hard to ignore)
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15 posted on 11/02/2012 5:41:01 AM PDT by areukiddingme1 (areukiddingme1 is a synonym for a Retired U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer and tired of liberal BS.))
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To: KevinDavis

Very true about MSNBC they even spun the fact that the # of people looking for a job(vs those that gave up) went up!! How is that good news


16 posted on 11/02/2012 5:41:06 AM PDT by shadeaud ( “Pray for Obama. Psalm 109:8”. Just doing my duty a Christian)
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To: xzins

They will spin it positively. Because more jobs were added than expected. Of course, the rate went up, and they would have spun THAT otherwise.. its always about spin spin spin.


17 posted on 11/02/2012 5:41:27 AM PDT by Paradox (I want Obama defeated. Period.)
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To: SueRae

The report said that approximately 400,000 people starting looking for work this past month. Under the stupid BLS formula, the more people that are looking for work and do not find work, the more unemployment.

That’s why Rush has been saying that the only way to manufacture a decrease in unemployment is to shrink the universe of people looking for a job. It worked in the inverse this month.


18 posted on 11/02/2012 5:41:40 AM PDT by mrs9x
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To: xzins

Bad news for the president, the only number people pay attention to is the unemployment rate and it went UP UP UP. I hope Romney has the commercials ready to go...


19 posted on 11/02/2012 5:41:46 AM PDT by apillar
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To: BlueStateRightist

They are already hard at work doing just that.

The spin is that the higher unemployment rate validates the President’s policies and proves the economy is improving.


20 posted on 11/02/2012 5:42:00 AM PDT by comebacknewt (Newt (sigh) what could have been . . .)
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