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In the discussion thread: US economy creates 96,000 jobs but figure disappoints [View all]

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 08:56 AM

17. Not all great jobs. But jobs.

US economy creates 96,000 jobs in August

Employment increased in food services and drinking places, professional and technical services and healthcare, the Bureau said.

But the figure was lower than expected and revisions to June and July data mean that 41,000 fewer jobs were created than previously reported.

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102 replies	Author	Time	Post
US economy creates 96,000 jobs but figure disappoints [View all]	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	OP
Boom!	Stuckinthebush	Sep 2012	#1
Goes the dynamite!	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#7
How is that better??? The Labor Force Participation Rate is 63.5! Lowest since 1981!	Roland99	Sep 2012	#28
The optics of 8.1%, a drop of .2%, is better than an uptick at this	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#29
As a soundbite headline it might be good but it's horrible news in reality	Roland99	Sep 2012	#32
Agreed, but at this critical juncture, optics are everything.	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#34
You know what? I don't give a rat's ass about optics. I want the people that I	SlimJimmy	Sep 2012	#49
I'm with you	glacierbay	Sep 2012	#61
Not good, no, but sure as hell better than a percentage	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#86
But, unless PBO can get re-elected, ain't nobody	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#85
You're not living in reality. A sound bite isn't going to get the President re-elected. People	SlimJimmy	Sep 2012	#95
And do you seriously think that's going to happen between now and Nov. 6th?	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#99
Cf.:	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#94
Yes, the IMPORTANT thing is what we can make people believe,	hughee99	Sep 2012	#66
cf.:	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#100
I am more interested in truth than optics. n/t	totodeinhere	Sep 2012	#74
As am I, and most Dems, in the final analysis...	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#89
What a bunch of naysayers. Uneployment dropped from 8.3 to 8.1! Can't find any thing good in	demosincebirth	Sep 2012	#41
The people in the labor force knows whether they are participating or not.	former9thward	Sep 2012	#45
Oh, so, since 90% of the people don't know what the LFPR is then that's a good thing?	Roland99	Sep 2012	#69
I did not say that.	demosincebirth	Sep 2012	#83
That's certainly what you meant to say or at least imply	Roland99	Sep 2012	#87
What I meant to say is what I said, not what you think I said or implied. eom	demosincebirth	Sep 2012	#102
In an election cycle? Optics, optics, optics!	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#90
Why ...	1StrongBlackMan	Sep 2012	#58
And no one is graduating schools and entering the work force while those people retire, eh?	Roland99	Sep 2012	#70
Come on ...	1StrongBlackMan	Sep 2012	#79
Tell it, 1StrongBlackMan! This "bulge" was forecast	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#91
The 300,000 a month that are retiring does not cover the nearly 60,000 deficit this month	SlimJimmy	Sep 2012	#97
Not better... Unemployment is still over 8% for over 42 months now... :(	liberallibral	Sep 2012	#37
Not better? I would say any drop in the unemployment rate better	demosincebirth	Sep 2012	#42
The reason the unemployment rate declined by .2% is that about	coalition_unwilling	Sep 2012	#46
Exactly. And don't think for a minute that the Romney campaign won't point that	SlimJimmy	Sep 2012	#50
I think Obama is pretty much innoculated from it, b/c the 2010	coalition_unwilling	Sep 2012	#51
Agree. And they better start hitting that point hard.	SlimJimmy	Sep 2012	#53
Obama needs someone who can negotiate with congress or he has to improve this skill and fast.	dkf	Sep 2012	#56
Funny ...	1StrongBlackMan	Sep 2012	#64
No...they had agreed on a target of tax increases and Obama increased that amount.	dkf	Sep 2012	#67
I guess it depend ...	1StrongBlackMan	Sep 2012	#75
Thanks for your rational refutation of dkf's	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#98
Most voters look at the .2% drop. nt.	demosincebirth	Sep 2012	#60
Yeah, but it's meaningless and does not signify that the	coalition_unwilling	Sep 2012	#72
How many of those ...	1StrongBlackMan	Sep 2012	#62
"LMPR" - I don't recognize that acronym. Aside from that, I'm going to have	coalition_unwilling	Sep 2012	#71
I think some of the drop in the labor force	Mr.Bill	Sep 2012	#77
Did Joe the Intern Killer say that?	Setsuna1972	Sep 2012	#2
It was unanimous, but Joe chimed in!	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#5
The round table was unanimous, with Joe Scar joining in!	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#31
Bloomberg is sure throwing cold water on it.	still_one	Sep 2012	#3
General gist of the negative spin?	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#6
Not all great jobs. But jobs.	geckosfeet	Sep 2012	#17
"Never look a gift horse in the mouth"--old wives' wisdom	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#23
Notice the moving goalposts? ...	1StrongBlackMan	Sep 2012	#65
Not just Bloomberg	dipsydoodle	Sep 2012	#24
Can't wait to hear them spin how bad this is	nobodyspecial	Sep 2012	#4
It's bad enough that people expect the Fed to move.	dkf	Sep 2012	#59
It would be much lower if the republicans had not been trying to "tank the economy" .....	Botany	Sep 2012	#8
Like Gov. O'Malley (D-MD) just said on Joe Scar, when the studio audience cheered at the news:	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#9
And if those public workers still had jobs their spending would have created even ...	Botany	Sep 2012	#14
Thanks for the reminder, Botany. This is so damning that it's	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#21
Down 2.1% from a high of 10.2%	JoePhilly	Sep 2012	#10
Yeeeeesssssss!	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#13
Wow	Robbins	Sep 2012	#11
Just the good news to kick off the 60 day campaign ahead...	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#12
Yep - breaking 8 is the threashold	Cosmocat	Sep 2012	#38
Yeah, different.	jtuck004	Sep 2012	#57
K&R nt	avebury	Sep 2012	#15
Trend chart	Bernardo de La Paz	Sep 2012	#16
Thanks for the graphic illustration!	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#19
Would make a nice bumper sticker with five more green bars representing 30 months growth.	julian09	Sep 2012	#39
And I am one of the newly employed	treehuggnlibrul	Sep 2012	#18
Wow, tree, this brought tears to my eyes...	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#20
Sweet. Welcome back into the labor force.	SlimJimmy	Sep 2012	#54
I have a hard time cheering a lowered rate when its because a lot of people gave up looking for work	cigsandcoffee	Sep 2012	#22
It's the positive optics we're cheering. Coming out of	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#27
Why are people not angry?	oliverrams1	Sep 2012	#63
Now, there's an idea...put the Big Dawg out there on the	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#96
Peeps - that's only 1,920 jobs per state	BP2	Sep 2012	#25
At this crucial juncture in the campaign, even this tiny drop is welcome.	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#26
Really? Chuck "Buzzkill" Todd says it dragged him down.	nolabear	Sep 2012	#30
Toady Todd is a two-faced, forked tongued panderer.	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#33
Pushing Congress Again	mojo2012	Sep 2012	#35
The video clip in Botany's post up-thread needs	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#36
+1,000,000,000 x 1,000,000,000 - Well put and definitely	coalition_unwilling	Sep 2012	#47
The media is spinning it like it's a TERRIBLE report.	Arugula Latte	Sep 2012	#40
Have you been reading THIS thread?	1StrongBlackMan	Sep 2012	#68
I'm really starting to believe ...	1StrongBlackMan	Sep 2012	#88
This is NOT good news!!	center rising	Sep 2012	#43
Correct	glacierbay	Sep 2012	#48
Demographic bulge coming into the equation...	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#92
Cf.:	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#93
Bad News is the new Good News	slackmaster	Sep 2012	#44
If this were good news then Romney would not be so giddy this morning	budkin	Sep 2012	#52
Did you find him "giddy"? I thought he was just his	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#82
When discussing the ...y	1StrongBlackMan	Sep 2012	#55
Excellent point, 1SBM! I was going to bring this up earlier, but then forgot...	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#80
Only 96K jobs added in August... Labor force participation rated lowest in decades...	totodeinhere	Sep 2012	#73
1StrongBlack Man makes an excellent point upthread.	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#84
Good for Obama	abelenkpe	Sep 2012	#76
What you said!	Surya Gayatri	Sep 2012	#81
who cares if job quantity increases....	Green_Lantern	Sep 2012	#78
Please use the article title as the subject line and credit the correct source per LBN rules.	Rhiannon12866	Sep 2012	#101

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