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November Payrolls Rise By 203K, Higher Than Expected; Unemployment Rate Drops To 7.0%
Zero Hedge ^ | December 6, 2013

Posted on 12/06/2013 5:45:15 AM PST by Zakeet

Last month, the expected NFP print was 120K, instead we got 204K. Today, the expectations was 185K, while the print, was almost an identical 203K, even as last month's was revised modestly lower to 200K. The unemployment rate dropped from 7.2%, which was also the expected, to only 7.0%. The Fed is looking at these numbers and thinking: "taper."

From the Establishment survey:

Total nonfarm payroll employment increased by 203,000 in November. Job growth averaged 195,000 per month over the prior 12 months. In November, job gains occurred in transportation and warehousing, health care, and manufacturing. (See table B-1.)

From the Household Survey:

Both the number of unemployed persons, at 10.9 million, and the unemployment rate, at 7.0 percent, declined in November. Among the unemployed, the number who reported being on temporary layoff decreased by 377,000. This largely reflects the return to work of federal employees who were furloughed in October due to the partial government shutdown. (See tables A-1 and A-11.)

Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (6.7 percent), adult women (6.2 percent), teenagers (20.8 percent), whites (6.2 percent), blacks (12.5 percent), and Hispanics (8.7 percent) changed little in November. The jobless rate for Asians was 5.3 percent (not seasonally adjusted), little changed from a year earlier. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)

The number of persons unemployed less than 5 weeks declined by 300,000 in November, partially reflecting the return to work of federal employees on furlough in October. The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was essentially unchanged at 4.1 million in November. These individuals accounted for 37.3 percent of the unemployed. The number of long-term unemployed has declined by 718,000 over the past 12 months. (See table A-12.)

The civilian labor force rose by 455,000 in November, after declining by 720,000 in October. The labor force participation rate changed little (63.0 percent) in November. Total employment as measured by the household survey increased by 818,000 over the month, following a decline of 735,000 in the prior month. This over-the-month increase in employment partly reflected the return to work of furloughed federal government employees. The employment-population ratio increased by 0.3 percentage point to 58.6 percent in November, reversing a decline of the same size in the prior month. (See table A-1.)

The number of persons employed part time for economic reasons (sometimes referred to as involuntary part-time workers) fell by 331,000 to 7.7 million in November. These individuals were working part time because their hours had been cut back or because they were unable to find a full-time job. (See table A-8.)

In November, 2.1 million persons were marginally attached to the labor force, down by 409,000 from a year earlier. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) These individuals were not in the labor force, wanted and were available for work, and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months. They were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. (See table A-16.)

Among the marginally attached, there were 762,000 discouraged workers in November, down by 217,000 from a year ago. (The data are not seasonally adjusted.) Discouraged workers are persons not currently looking for work because they believe no jobs are available for them. The remaining 1.3 million persons marginally attached to the labor force in November had not searched for work for reasons such as school attendance or family responsibilities. (See table A-16.)


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: economy; jobs; obamanomics; unemployment; yetanotherlie
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To: Zakeet

Part time Christmas hires are counted... but in January when all are laid of... seasonally adjusted figures will not count them. Does anyone in America believe anything from this Nazi regime any longer.


21 posted on 12/06/2013 7:10:34 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS! BETTER DEAD THAN RED!)
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To: saganite

Bingo! Seasonal hiring.


22 posted on 12/06/2013 7:14:30 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Zakeet

Thing is, no one believes them anymore. Like the law, now the unemployment rate is whatever BO says it is.


23 posted on 12/06/2013 7:40:50 AM PST by La Lydia
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To: La Lydia

And you actually believe what the gubmint tells you?


24 posted on 12/06/2013 7:57:52 AM PST by DaveA37
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To: All
41% of Net New Jobs in November Were in Government

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/41-net-new-jobs-november-were-government

25 posted on 12/06/2013 9:05:29 AM PST by Rodney Dangerfield (Paul Ryan shreds Obama: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1yTY2MciOk)
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To: Mouton

26 posted on 12/06/2013 9:59:46 AM PST by Bikkuri
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To: saganite

It probably is seasonal, but U6 is the only number that is close to real.


27 posted on 12/06/2013 10:03:26 AM PST by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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To: Zakeet

How many of these new hires are ACORN Navigators?


28 posted on 12/06/2013 10:31:45 AM PST by Gritty (You can't fix crazy any more than you can fix stupid. Obamacare was never going to work.-Steve Deace)
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To: Progov

The folks on Wall Street sure seem to believe the gub’mint. The Dow is up 200 points, S&P up 21 and NASDAQ up 34 on the jobs report.


29 posted on 12/06/2013 10:52:26 AM PST by Nero Germanicus
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To: Progov

I don’t think you understood my post. I said no one believes them. Please reread for meaning.


30 posted on 12/06/2013 12:06:30 PM PST by La Lydia
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