[mykroar]

Up 2k, last week revised up 2k - which really means 4k.

[txrefugee]

There are 8,500,000 fewer jobs now than when El Bozo took office. How is that “encouraging”?

[MinuteGal]

What's down is up....etc., etc., and so forth.

Leni

[blueyon]

Higher and Positive in the same sentence...................What is up with that

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

I was laid off in 2009, and the market sucked. I just finished a 3-yr contract, and the market today is much worse. I'm applying all over the US. Even if you're willing to take a big pay cut, employers are reluctant to hire you, for the obvious reason.

It sure feels like a 15% unemployment rate, which is what it really is, when those who have dropped off the unemployment rolls are factored in.

[Night Hides Not]

Most of these jobs are part-time...that’s the new norm.

[The Sons of Liberty]

The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits edged higher last week, but a trend reading dropped to its lowest in five years and pointed to ongoing healing in the labor market.

The "healing" in the labor market is a "miracle" wrought by the dept of Labor! Hallelujah! /sarc

In the meantime, I was talking with a neighbor that has two engineering degrees yesterday that has been out of work going on five years.

[Romani]

I feel like I’m reading the English language Obama versions of Izvestia and Pravda when it comes to the jobless claims. Every week it’s a different story. I think it’s all propaganda about a “job recovery.”

[CapnJack]

no one cares anymore. Why report these statistics anyway.

[Georgia Girl 2]

More jobless claims but its a good thing. Hmmmm?