U.S. May Lose 824,000 Jobs as Employment Data Revised: Analysis

[The Northerner]

Source: Bloomberg

Feb. 3 (Bloomberg Multimedia) -- The U.S. may lose 824,000 jobs when the government releases its annual revision to employment data on Feb. 5, showing the labor market was in worse shape during the recession than known at the time.

Read more: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aNSc0oQ0vb4M&pos=10

[dipsydoodle]

1. "WAS in worse shape DURING the recession ?

Past tense ?

[DavidDvorkin]

2. The data in question applies to the past.

[okieinpain]

11. man that's not the way sludge put up his header on his lie page. n/t.

[blue neen]

3. Did they happen to mention the Bush regime's culpability in their report?

No, I didn't think so.

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[harkadog]

5. This revision applies to the period of April 2008 to March 2009

Who knows what the revision will show next year for the period April 2009 to March 2010.

[xchrom]

6. Bush was playing an idiot.

And he got away with it.

[SoapBox]

7. ...all I can say is, OUCH!

...it's still just a painful situation out there.

[boppers]

8. may lose 824K jobs...on Feb 5th?

Uhm. The jobs were already lost, no?

[hugo_from_TN]

9. In that case, don't release that report!

I hope I'm still working on Feb 6!!!

[Oregone]

10. Jobless "recovery"

[Lorien]

12. ...means the banksters recovered their bloated bonus checks.