Job growth surges by 312,000 in December (WHAT "slowdown?")

CNBC ^ | 4 January 2018 | Jeff Cox

[lepton]

November saw its disappointing 155,000 original report revised up to 176,000, while October’s count went from 274,000 to 237,000, for a net gain of 58,000 from the previous tallies.
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Looks like something is stated backwards.

[lepton]

One of the disconnects with stocks is that the interest rates were so extremely artificially low that capital was forced into the market as other investment paths were made worthless.

It may be that an improving economy causes a decrease in the stock markets as money flows out to some of the more traditional alternate investment areas.

[lepton]

In 2009-2010, the Obama Admin offered states what were essentially bounties to sign long-term unemployed up for disability. We went from roughly 7.5 million on disability to 11 million in a little over a year.

[Cedar]

Did not realize that, interesting. More damage done from the Obama years.

[From The Deer Stand]

Pelosi, Schumer: “Oh crap! It’s hard to knock Trump when he’s doing so well.”

[lepton]

Yep. Part of how they lowered the unemployment rate, with fewer jobs.

[LS]

Interesting. Thanks.

[LS]

Thank you. Good observations.

[LS]

Thanks. Yes, good observations.

[Kickass Conservative]

Yep, nearly twice the expected number of Jobs is “flat”.

If there was a Rat in the White House, NYT top of the fold Headline and every Network News Show would be leading with this.

The Media runs this Country, not by the News they Report but by the News they choose to ignore. They set the agenda.

[entropy12]

Volcker will remain my hero because he made my early retirement possible. I made more money during his term than all other FED chairs combined.

[Vaden]

The anti-American media is trying to talk the country into a recession to defeat Trump just as they tried to talk it up during Obama to keep him in office.

[timestax]

The anti-American media is trying to talk the country into a recession to defeat Trump just as they tried to talk it up during Obama to keep him in office.

[timestax]

[timestax]

[Moonman62]

All Volcker did was a cause a really bad recession. I don’t see how that led to you making more money. If it was by normal means the credit should go to Reagan.

[entropy12]

I made a killing by buying utility stocks which were all paying 12%-14% dividends during Carter, then Volcker raised the rates so high, inflation dropped like a punctured balloon because few could afford to buy cars or houses at those double digit interest rates, and all my utility stocks tripled, every one of them! Plus I was still collecting those high dividends! If Volcker keeps interest rates normal, inflation would stay high because people were chasing ever inflating house prices.

[Moonman62]

You profited from what caused other people misery. No wonder you think Volcker is a hero like the Democrats.

[entropy12]

Haha you don’t understand the basic of investing. If you make money in any stock because it went up, the poor schlubb who sold you that stock lost that profit.

[lonevoice]

HAhaha!