Woke up to this. 20,000 jobs created in February

[DemocratSinceBirth]

U.S. adds meager 20,000 jobs in February to mark smallest increase in 17 months
Source: Marketwatch

The numbers: American businesses and other employers created the fewest new jobs in February in 17 months, the latest sign of a broader slowdown in the U.S. economy.

The economy added just 20,000 new jobs last month, the smallest gain since September 2017, the government said Friday.

The number of new nonfarm jobs created last month was well below the 172,000 MarketWatch forecast, but the slowdown was probably exaggerated by seasonal oddities that are unlikely to persist. The U.S. has been adding more than 200,000 new jobs a month for the past year, including a revised 311,000 increase in January.

Hiring sputtered in February in construction, retail and shipping and was muted in most other industries.


Read more: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/us-adds-meager-20000-jobs-in-february-to-mark-smallest-increase-in-17-months-2019-03-08?mod=newsviewer_click

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[Iliyah]

1. Really?

End of the year purchases were down as well. Businesses are closing and either moving out of the country and just going bankrupt. But hey, at least the rich folks got their tax cuts.

[shockey80]

2. Trickle down economics always ends with economic disaster.

It is a fact of history.

[Iliyah]

3. And yet history continues to repeat itself.

[world wide wally]

4. But at least "your favorite President" got a hefty tax cut...

(On what he would have owed if he paid taxes)
Truely a man of God.

[rurallib]

5. When you look at so many negatives in our economy

most created by Trump or made worse by his presidency, you have to wonder how the country hasn't tanked yet.

The tariffs is one of the biggest. I live in farm country. Farmers sitting on mountains of beans in storage. Will they be able to buy seeds for this year? Look for either a total cave in by Trump or scores of farms going under, which will kill small towns etc.

[aka-chmeee]

6. Well, it WAS a short month, ya know /nt