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Title: The April jobs report -- The Obama Economy Sucks
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URL Source: http://olliandersblog.wordpress.com ... 0/05/09/the-april-jobs-report/
Published: May 9, 2010
Author: olliandersblog
Post Date: 2010-05-09 11:36:27 by no gnu taxes
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Pining for a glimmer of good economic news for their beloved President, the media cheered the report, which showed 290,000 new hires for April (60,000 coming from Census padding), while the unemployment rate creeped to 9.9%. The rate increased because more unemployed “entered” the work force by actively looking, as opposed to sitting out the search. So the increase in the rate while over 200,000 workers were hired is a statistical anomaly, but enough to get the administrations cheerleaders in the press all giddy. Buried towards the lower half of this AP piece however, a not-so-great indicator: Counting people who have given up looking for work and part-timers who would prefer to be working full time, the so-called underemployment rate rose to 17.1 percent in April, up from 16.9 percent in March. It’s close to record high of 17.4 percent set in October. The number of people out of work six months or longer reached 6.7 million in April, a new high. These people made up 45.9 percent of all unemployed people, also a record high. Calculated Risk digs deeper into the BLS report: The number of long term unemployed is one of the key stories of this recession, especially since many of them are now losing their unemployment benefits. Note: In Q1, all of the increase in income – and much of the increase in consumption – came from government transfer payments for unemployment benefits. So, the “encouraging” news from this employment report is that more unemployed people are deciding to get back to looking for work! Meanwhile, the government is subsidizing incomes and consumer spending. Our transformation to a liberal utopian Eurostate is right on schedule.
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#1. To: no gnu taxes (#0)
99% of economists see that as a positive. Then there's you, boy.
#67. To: war (#48) Keep hiding behind the bozo, bozo. (laughing) You've always been a world class pussy. Badeye posted on 2010-01-14 16:12:48 ET Reply Trace
More senseless bullshit from the forum faggot. Sneakypete, have you ever been married? Said things you later regretted?
The rate increased because more unemployed “entered” the work force by actively looking, as opposed to sitting out the search.
#2. To: war, no gnu taxes (#1)
99% of economists see that as a positive.
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