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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:17 AM Original message |
Let's hope this is true: Gallup: "U.S. Unemployment Down Sharply in Early October" |
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LonePirate (898 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
1. I wonder if we have droves of people leaving the workforce. That seems the most likely explanation. |
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Pirate Smile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 08:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. I don't know. I know that didn't happen in the last jobs report. The labor pool expanded during |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Many people are retiring or just giving up |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 03:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. I doubt enough folks retired or gave up in early October to result in this steep drop. |
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Cali_Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. We'll know when the next BLS report comes out on Nov 4th. n/t |
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secondwind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Baby boomers retiring??!!! |
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mikekohr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
3. This slow decline follows the historical example of FDR's victory over Hoover's Great Depression |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
4. I guess when people die, retire or give up they are no longer considered unemployed |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:36 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Um, yeah, deceased people shouldn't be counted as unemployed |
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bhikkhu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
5. Very good news, and a step in the right direction |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
6. Lots of people I know getting full time work, lots of job ads in windows |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:22 PM Response to Original message |
8. Of course it's true. Don't buy into the Chicken Little propaganda that passes for MSM wisdom. |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
9. rec for a good trend nt |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
14. K & R |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-17-11 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
15. Just imagine how those figures would look if Congress passed the American Jobs Act. |
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