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"Harry Hope" |
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06 Nov 2003 07:55:37 AM |
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Jobless figure drops but Labor Dept. sez there may be sumthin' wrong with its numbers |
A spokesman for the department said he could not point to any special
factors to account for the big drop in claims last week, but said
problems with seasonally adjusting the data could be a factor.
From Reuters, 11/6/03:
http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/employment/2003-11-06-jobless-claims-prod_x.htm
WASHINGTON (Reuters) --
The number of Americans filing first-time claims for jobless benefits
took an unexpectedly sharp plunge last week, reaching a level not seen
since before the economy tumbled into recession in 2001, the Labor
Department said Thursday.
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A spokesman for the department said he could not point to any special
factors to account for the big drop in claims last week, but said
problems with seasonally adjusting the data could be a factor.
Hmmmmmmm
Harry
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| User: "Paul" |
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| Title: Re: Jobless figure drops but Labor Dept. sez there may be sumthin'wrong with its numbers |
06 Nov 2003 09:41:41 AM |
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Harry Hope wrote:
You know, watching Harry and the rest of the Democrats try to dress down
in the ugliest presentation they can think of every piece of good news
that comes out is down right comical.
You guys truly deserve the drubbing your going to get in 2004
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"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government.
It can only exist until the voters discover that they can
vote themselves largess from the public treasury.”
-- Sir Alex Fraser Tytler
Because I’d vote for Bush. The important thing is this: Is a
candidate completely serious about prosecuting the war on
theocratic terrorism to the fullest extent? Only Bush is.
-- Christopher Hitchens
If a nation or institution is limitlessly inclusive, then
citizenship or membership is meaningless.
-- George Will 11-2-03
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| User: "Tabernacle" |
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| Title: Re: Jobless figure drops but Labor Dept. sez there may be sumthin' wrong with its numbers |
06 Nov 2003 05:31:10 PM |
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A Jay Leno Sidewalk Idiot named Paul typed:
You know, watching Harry and the rest of the Democrats try to dress down
in the ugliest presentation they can think of every piece of good news
that comes out is down right comical.
You guys truly deserve the drubbing your going to get in 2004
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Nobody has to "Dress Down" anything as the "Plain Old Truth" that you
try to gloss over with your Bull ***** is bad enough!
The plain fact is that to just break even on jobs this country has to
have a net growth of 150,000 new jobs per month! And not just the
68,000 (assuming that is they do not once again revise this weekly
figure of jobless claims back up as they have done the last few months
straight on these weekly figures) new jobs this last weekly report
hints that were created in total this month which (in case you have
not done the math) says as plain as daylight that we are still 82,000
jobs below the break even point.
BTW this pitiful job gain happened in the middle of a 3rd Quarter 7.2%
surge, a figure that No Bod Dee expects to be repeated as even the
Whitehouse has since come out with its own warnings of drastically
lower GDP numbers as they know full well that this 7.2% figure was
almost all due to increased defense spending and the fact that in the
3rd quarter all the tax rebates came into play.
In fact to give you some idea of how much this country is hurting for
jobs if you start this month the economy would have to create nearly
500,000 new jobs per month just to dig us out of the hole Dubya put
this country in!!!
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| User: "Tempest" |
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| Title: Re: Jobless figure drops but Labor Dept. sez there may be sumthin' wrong with its numbers |
06 Nov 2003 02:10:21 PM |
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Paul <send_it_to@aol.com> wrote in message news:<bodq3k$vp$1@usenet01.srv.cis.pitt.edu>...
Harry Hope wrote:
You know, watching Harry and the rest of the Democrats try to dress down
in the ugliest presentation they can think of every piece of good news
that comes out is down right comical.
U.S. October layoffs surge 125%, Challenger says
http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/newsfinder/pulseone.asp?dateid=37929.4167939815-809414361&siteID=mktw&scid=0&doctype=806&
WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Layoff announcements from U.S. companies more
than doubled in October to 171,874, the highest in a year, according
to the monthly tally released Tuesday by outplacement firm Challenger
Gray & Christmas. October is typically the largest month for layoff
notices, as companies slash costs at the end of the fiscal year. The
Challenger survey is not adjusted for seasonal factors. Layoff
announcements had fallen for three months in a row before October's
125 percent increase. In October, the auto industry sacked 28,363
workers, followed by 21,169 in the retail sector. Telecommunications
companies cut 21,030. So far in 2003, 1.04 million job reductions have
been announced.
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| User: "Joe Mama" |
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| Title: Re: Jobless figure drops but Labor Dept. sez there may be sumthin' wrong with its numbers |
07 Nov 2003 09:47:41 AM |
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On 6 Nov 2003 12:10:21 -0800, (Tempest)
wrote:
Paul <send_it_to@aol.com> wrote in message news:<bodq3k$vp$1@usenet01.srv.cis.pitt.edu>...
Harry Hope wrote:
You know, watching Harry and the rest of the Democrats try to dress down
in the ugliest presentation they can think of every piece of good news
that comes out is down right comical.
U.S. October layoffs surge 125%, Challenger says
http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/newsfinder/pulseone.asp?dateid=37929.4167939815-809414361&siteID=mktw&scid=0&doctype=806&
WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- Layoff announcements from U.S. companies more
than doubled in October to 171,874, the highest in a year, according
to the monthly tally released Tuesday by outplacement firm Challenger
Gray & Christmas. October is typically the largest month for layoff
notices, as companies slash costs at the end of the fiscal year. The
Challenger survey is not adjusted for seasonal factors. Layoff
announcements had fallen for three months in a row before October's
125 percent increase. In October, the auto industry sacked 28,363
workers, followed by 21,169 in the retail sector. Telecommunications
companies cut 21,030. So far in 2003, 1.04 million job reductions have
been announced.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/990515.asp?0cv=CA01
U.S. economy keeps adding jobs
October payrolls jump by 126,000, jobless rate falls to 6%
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 — The nation’s
unemployment rate dropped to 6
percent in October as companies added
thousands of new jobs for the third
straight month, new evidence of an
improving labor market.
Get the rest of the good news at MSNBC...however, being the paleo-lib
that you are you might want to consider http://suicidehotlines.com/
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