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Demsrule86

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23. I call bullshit. we are losing between 3000 and 4000 jobs per month and I can tell you
Sat Oct 3, 2020, 11:27 AM
Oct 2020

here in Ohio, it is dire. And everytime you pick up the paper or listen to financial news, there are more layoffs...cooking the books won't save the evil Trump administration...no way unemployment is down.

From the source, the BLS report: mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 #1
Good morning and TGIF on FULL MOON FRIDAY BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #4
Trump is sacrficing human life to advance the economy. machI Oct 2020 #2
Remember during the later Obama years... moose65 Oct 2020 #3
An interesting graph of LFPR -- it fell during the Bush II years too progree Oct 2020 #9
The details matter. Igel Oct 2020 #19
Links to earlier reports: mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 #5
LINKS TO SOME BLS DATA SERIES NUMBERS AND GRAPHS progree Oct 2020 #6
Good morning and thank you! BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #7
Hi BRDS, thanks for the thread. It keeps me busy, a way to help me manage my sorrow progree Oct 2020 #11
I hear ya. BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #12
Links to charts and graphs from the BLS Twitter account: mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 #8
Additional links: mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 #10
This is the last jobs report before the election. The next jobs report is Nov 6, 3 days progree Oct 2020 #13
This month's cherrypicked data from the Council of Economic Advisers: mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2020 #14
The unemployment rate drop is slowing down, only down 0.5 percentage points from August progree Oct 2020 #15
Number of permanent job losers jumped by 345,000 to 3.8 M which is up 2.5 M since Feb progree Oct 2020 #16
job market looks increasingly bleak ... progree Oct 2020 #17
Job Creation of record of post-WWII Presidents, Average Annual % Increase progree Oct 2020 #18
In September, 4 times as many women over 20 dropped out of the labor force as did men progree Oct 2020 #20
I read a similar article a few days ago republished in the Philly Inquirer (from Bloomberg) BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #21
Yup, all in contrast to the Great Recession, which was dubbed the "Mancession". BTW I updated #20 progree Oct 2020 #22
I call bullshit. we are losing between 3000 and 4000 jobs per month and I can tell you Demsrule86 Oct 2020 #23
Remember that this report would also be missing all the layoffs that are happening now BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #24
And the survey week for these reports was the week that included the 12th, for the progree Oct 2020 #25
Well one one big case BumRushDaShow Oct 2020 #26
They Need To Adjust Reporting Approach ProfessorGAC Oct 2020 #27
Interestingly, the BLS summary spoon feeds that info, comparing most major stats to February progree Oct 2020 #28
Then Media Reports Should Be More Inclusive ProfessorGAC Oct 2020 #29
Yes, I agree. Some media reports are calling it a slowdown in job gains (judging from a couple progree Oct 2020 #30
The numbers are what they are DrToast Oct 2020 #31
Editorialize? ProfessorGAC Oct 2020 #32
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