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Rebl2

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Fri Sep 4, 2020, 09:37 AM

Sep 2020

exactly what I’ve been thinking the last three months. Many of these jobs are ones people are going back to. Sure some are people getting new jobs, but majority are people going back to the job they were furloughed from. I also thought I heard the job numbers for July were revised down. Anyone hear that? Thought it was NPR.

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Economy adds 1.4 million jobs in August, and the unemployment rate fell below 10 percent [View all] BumRushDaShow Sep 2020 OP

Good morning. From the source: mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2020 #1

Good morning and thank you! BumRushDaShow Sep 2020 #6

[Refresh] [Refresh] [Refresh] [Refresh] [Refresh] Whew. There it is. NT mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2020 #10

Somes you have to do a [SHIFT]-[REFRESH] BumRushDaShow Sep 2020 #15

A lot of that was government jobs, especially census workers. Also, the jobs added still_one Sep 2020 #2

So, we "added" 1.4 million jobs in August but there were 800,000 new unemployment claims.... George II Sep 2020 #12

Yes. It is extremely unreliable because of the uncertainty with the pandemic and chaos going on still_one Sep 2020 #17

Not how it works FBaggins Sep 2020 #20

Illustrating your point with a data series - total count of nonfarm payroll jobs progree Sep 2020 #22

Yup, government jobs: +344,000 in August (238,000 of which were Census workers) progree Sep 2020 #27

Not your headline, but I think it's misleading - "adds 1.4 million jobs" probably means.... George II Sep 2020 #3

They have an added "X Factor" in there BumRushDaShow Sep 2020 #4

yea i'm skeptical how it went from 13% to 8.5% so quickly...hmmm seems there's fudging going on onetexan Sep 2020 #9

Large states "opening back up" BumRushDaShow Sep 2020 #14

Of course this doesn't factor in the almost 4 million new unemployment claims in August! George II Sep 2020 #13

That's Rebl2 Sep 2020 #11

Buried in the BLS report linked upthread BumRushDaShow Sep 2020 #19

A Question For People Smarter Than Me. jayfish Sep 2020 #5

Last month's report had unemployment at 10.2% NT mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2020 #8

The payroll jobs and the unemployment rate come from two different surveys progree Sep 2020 #29

Links to earlier reports: mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2020 #7

Gotta cook those books! durablend Sep 2020 #16

I agree duforsure Sep 2020 #18

DOL stated last week Cryptoad Sep 2020 #23

i don't believe any good news numbers coming out of the trump regime samsingh Sep 2020 #21

LINKS TO SOME BLS DATA SERIES NUMBERS AND GRAPHS progree Sep 2020 #24

Good morning and thank you! BumRushDaShow Sep 2020 #25

more voodoo economics, will put in in the vaccine by October file. nt yaesu Sep 2020 #26

Bullshit. eom GeorgeGist Sep 2020 #28

"Bullshit. eom" LenaBaby61 Sep 2020 #33

UE6 Is 16.8 ProfessorGAC Sep 2020 #30

14.2 in August, according to the BLS 😂 progree Sep 2020 #31

Weird ProfessorGAC Sep 2020 #32

The big discrepancy between jobs report 13.6 M unemployed, and 29.2 M collecting benefits progree Sep 2020 #34

The gap grows to 29.6 million collecting benefits progree Sep 2020 #38

From the White House, on Monday night. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2020 #35

... BumRushDaShow Sep 2020 #36

The likes of which I've never seen! NT mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2020 #37

Unemployment Crisis Going in Wrong Direction: Week 25 of U.S. Labor Market Collapse progree Sep 2020 #39