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30. Yes, I agree. Some media reports are calling it a slowdown in job gains (judging from a couple

headlines I saw Friday-Saturday), but of the articles I've read over the past 4 months or so, very few point out how deep in the hole we still are

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September jobs report: US economy gains 661,000 payrolls, unemployment rate ticks down to 7.9% [View all]	BumRushDaShow	Oct 2020	OP
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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