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11. Still more jobs created? I blame Obama. n/t

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Payroll employment rises by 223,000 in June; unemployment rate declines to 5.3% [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2015 OP

Sure didn't expect a BLS report until next week BumRushDaShow Jul 2015 #1

a big old Kick, for good news!!!! n/t Stellar Jul 2015 #2

I hate it the way Obamacare is killing jobs. Oh, wait.... yellowcanine Jul 2015 #3

How will the repukes frame this? CTyankee Jul 2015 #4

They won't. They will change the subject to something like religious freedom, etc. yellowcanine Jul 2015 #5

Same as doomers here surely will; by "forgetting" that the LFPR is mostly driven by aging boomers whatthehey Jul 2015 #6

And U4 is 5.8, meaning one half of one percent of the workforce is discouraged Recursion Jul 2015 #8

A labor participation rate of 62%. former9thward Jul 2015 #18

Older population than 1977, with more youth in college Recursion Jul 2015 #19

Nice try. former9thward Jul 2015 #20

People who don't want to be retired are counted as "discouraged" Recursion Jul 2015 #21

No, there are people who have gone on early SS. former9thward Jul 2015 #22

Doesn't matter. If you would accept a job but aren't looking, you're "discouraged" (U4) Recursion Jul 2015 #23

My experience is that most early retirees are very ready to go. yellowcanine Jul 2015 #31

There is no generous offer. former9thward Jul 2015 #32

So what's your plan? Kingofalldems Jul 2015 #33

I don't run the economy. former9thward Jul 2015 #36

Having a bad day with this great news? Kingofalldems Jul 2015 #34

Great news? former9thward Jul 2015 #35

The establishment report (payroll jobs) was pretty good progree Jul 2015 #38

Thank you for your analysis, progree. mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2015 #39

Free trade deals are also killing jobs....oh, wait...... Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #7

maybe that is why joe scarborough is hiding out just now...waiting for the good news to blow over... CTyankee Jul 2015 #9

432,000 left the labor force. former9thward Jul 2015 #17

See post #12. Sky is not falling, it is much brighter and clearer. Remember the economy in 2009? Some do. Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #26

Obama is a Communist and a Muslin. Kingofalldems Jul 2015 #10

Still more jobs created? I blame Obama. n/t SpankMe Jul 2015 #11

The June Jobs Report in 10 Charts mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2015 #12

But the population has increased by millions of people in that time MannyGoldstein Jul 2015 #28

More charts, and the BLS-Labor Statistics Twitter feed mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2015 #13

Lots of non living wage jobs out there project_bluebook Jul 2015 #14

Manufacturing output is larger than at any point at US history to date Recursion Jul 2015 #24

The last month, last 12 months, and since Feb. 2010 - On edit: discussion added progree Jul 2015 #15

A record 93,626,000 Americans 16 or older did not participate in the labor force. candelista Jul 2015 #16

A record 45 million of them were over 65 Recursion Jul 2015 #25

Some folks just do not make the pay grade in understanding demographics. 5.3% don't lie. Fred Sanders Jul 2015 #27

Thanks for your calming spiritual input, O sword of Ramakrishna! :) candelista Jul 2015 #30

Vivekenanda considered economic modernization his most important mission Recursion Jul 2015 #37

I've added discussion of what the numbers mean to my post #15 progree Jul 2015 #29

June jobless rates down in 21 states, up in 12; payroll jobs up in 31 states, down in 17 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2015 #40

Here's a way to get access to the Barron's article (and thanks for my Saturday evening entertainment progree Jul 2015 #41

About those Clinton era changes to BLS statistics... progree Jul 2015 #42

Shadowstats: Number of People with Full-Time Employment Dropped by 349,000 brentspeak Jul 2015 #43

Ahh, the cherry-picked bad statistics of the month from the ultra-high-volatility Household Survey progree Jul 2015 #44

If you're going to resort to cheap shots brentspeak Jul 2015 #45

Talking of cheap shots, wow. What about misleading your fellow progressives? progree Jul 2015 #46

Funny how no one but the White House brentspeak Jul 2015 #48

Uhh, those are BLS statistics (the same as your articles cite), not "White House" statistics progree Jul 2015 #49

"everyone else's motivation is simply to make Obama look bad" progree Jul 2015 #50

Just to repeat the last question from #44 that you ignored in your #45 reply- progree Jul 2015 #47

Brookings Institute: Unemployment projected to drop to 5.2% in July and reach 4.5% by December mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2015 #51

U.S. Wage Growth Falls to Record-Slow Pace in 2nd Quarter Andrej28 Jul 2015 #52

And is up 2.0% over the past 12 months while inflation up only 0.2% progree Jul 2015 #53