148,000 jobs added in December

[Harpy Eagle]

U.S. Added 148,000 Jobs in December; Unemployment at 4.1%

That ends the year with an average number of jobs per month added at 171,000. The lowest monthly average since 2010.

 

[Ted Frazier]

U.S. Added 148,000 Jobs in December; Unemployment at 4.1%

That ends the year with an average number of jobs per month added at 171,000. The lowest monthly average since 2010.

"lower than expected" Jobs data comes in lower-than-expected; Stock sectors to focus on

 

[TNHarley]

4.1%? That has to be the lowest in 20 years
Good news!

 

[TNHarley]

4.1%? That has to be the lowest in 20 years
Good news!

BTW doesnt basic economics tell us when unemployment goes down, so do jobs?

 

[nat4900]

4.1%? That has to be the lowest in 20 years
Good news!

When Obama brought the unemployment rate from over 10% to 4.7%, did you cheer THAT as "good news"?????..............Just asking......LOL

 

[NYcarbineer]

Can we logically blame Trump for this disappointing number, i.e., using the same 'logic' that Trump supporters used to give him credit for every good number in the past year?

Oh, btw, will we hear from the Trumptard(s) who predicted a three or four hundred thousand number?

 

[Aldo Raine]

4.1%? That has to be the lowest in 20 years
Good news!

When Obama brought the unemployment rate from over 10% to 4.7%, did you cheer THAT as "good news"?????..............Just asking......LOL

Stop it, I think you already know the answer to that!

 

[NYcarbineer]

4.1%? That has to be the lowest in 20 years
Good news!

When Obama brought the unemployment rate from over 10% to 4.7%, did you cheer THAT as "good news"?????..............Just asking......LOL

Do you know who you're talking to? lol

 

[nat4900]

The purported reason for the GOP tax scam was to help create MILLIONS of new jobs........Are any right wingers on here willing to stake their gonads that such will happen?

 

[Weatherman2020]

U.S. Added 148,000 Jobs in December; Unemployment at 4.1%

That ends the year with an average number of jobs per month added at 171,000. The lowest monthly average since 2010.

That is because unemployment is now at the baseline, dufus.

 

[TNHarley]

4.1%? That has to be the lowest in 20 years
Good news!

When Obama brought the unemployment rate from over 10% to 4.7%, did you cheer THAT as "good news"?????..............Just asking......LOL

wasnt it around 4.7 when he got inaugurated?

 

[TNHarley]

U.S. Added 148,000 Jobs in December; Unemployment at 4.1%

That ends the year with an average number of jobs per month added at 171,000. The lowest monthly average since 2010.

That is because unemployment is now at the baseline, dufus.

They can get on here and bitch, but they dont have to understand what is actually happening.

 

[NightFox]

U.S. Added 148,000 Jobs in December; Unemployment at 4.1%

That ends the year with an average number of jobs per month added at 171,000. The lowest monthly average since 2010.

Personally I'm more interested to see the latest JOLT data (Jan 9th) since it should give a better view of the impact of structural unemployment on the labor force, I suspect we're at or close to full employment so the jobs report isn't telling us that much regarding where we're at in the business cycle and what to expect with regards to wages.

On the bright side, looks like the equities markets are shrugging off the disappointing numbers in the jobs report, futures are green across the board.

 

[martybegan]

U.S. Added 148,000 Jobs in December; Unemployment at 4.1%

That ends the year with an average number of jobs per month added at 171,000. The lowest monthly average since 2010.

Which even CNN admits is common the longer a period of economic expansion continues.

December jobs report: U.S. economy added 2 million jobs in 2017

The United States added almost 3 million jobs in 2014, 2.7 million in 2015 and 2.2 million in 2016. That trend is what's expected in such a long economic expansion. As unemployment moves to historic lows, job gains eventually slow down.

If CNN even admits this is common.....

 

[Harpy Eagle]

4.1%? That has to be the lowest in 20 years
Good news!

That is a good number, and about where it will stay. Since such records have been kept it has only been lower than that 14% of the time and in modern time (1980 forward) it has only been lower than that 2% of the time.

The Trump zealots counting on it going much lower are going to be sadly disappointed.

 

[TNHarley]

4.1%? That has to be the lowest in 20 years
Good news!

That is a good number, and about where it will stay. Since such records have been kept it has only been lower than that 14% of the time and in modern time (1980 forward) it has only been lower than that 2% of the time.

The Trump zealots counting on it going much lower are going to be sadly disappointed.

Thats why i support a purge
1% unemployment

 

[nat4900]

That is because unemployment is now at the baseline, dufus.

So, what the fuck was the reason for the tax scam....supposedly passed to CREATE more jobs?

 

[Harpy Eagle]

U.S. Added 148,000 Jobs in December; Unemployment at 4.1%

That ends the year with an average number of jobs per month added at 171,000. The lowest monthly average since 2010.

Which even CNN admits is common the longer a period of economic expansion continues.

December jobs report: U.S. economy added 2 million jobs in 2017

The United States added almost 3 million jobs in 2014, 2.7 million in 2015 and 2.2 million in 2016. That trend is what's expected in such a long economic expansion. As unemployment moves to historic lows, job gains eventually slow down.

If CNN even admits this is common.....

But according to you Trump zealots, there was no expansion till the day that Trump took office. You cannot have it both ways

 

[Weatherman2020]

That is because unemployment is now at the baseline, dufus.

So, what the fuck was the reason for the tax scam....supposedly passed to CREATE more jobs?

Figures you leftards have a problem with helping Americans having more money.
I pray Democrats run with the tax breaks are bad agenda.

 

[TNHarley]

There are so many jobs around here places like manpower(people that handle temporary workers for companies) are having job fairs every week.