Showing posts with label Unemployment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Unemployment. Show all posts

Thursday, 25 August 2011

Jobs? What Jobs?

All that payola has helped sooooo much.

New unemployment claims rise again...
The Verizon strike of course. Yea that's it.


They do their best to make it clear we are not near recession levels.
Initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose 5,000 to a seasonally adjusted 417,000, the Labor Department said, but still nowhere near levels that would signal a recession.
Nothing will change until a competent person moves into the White House, and brings some intelligent folks along.
Barack Obama, worst President ever.

Tuesday, 16 August 2011

Food Stamps Are Economic Stimulus

Unemployment checks create jobs and now food stamps are economic stimulus too!




I hate to wish my life away but 2012 will not get here soon enough.

Friday, 5 August 2011

Unemployment Rate Drops?

May soothe recession fears?



U.S. payrolls increased 117,000, the Labor Department said on Friday, above market expectations for an 85,000 gain. The unemployment rate dipped to 9.1 percent from 9.2 percent in June, but this was mostly the result of people leaving the labor force.
Am I missing something? Like the part about "that was mostly the result of people leaving the labor force"! WTF?

Junk journalism...

Update: From Bloomberg.
The jobless rate declined as 193,000 people left the labor force and the number of unemployed dropped by 156,000. The share of the eligible population holding a job declined to 58.1 percent, the lowest since July 1983.
Cute...

Thursday, 21 July 2011

Growth?

Yawn...


New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits rose more than expected last week, a government report showed on Thursday, pointing to a labor market that is struggling to regain momentum after job growth faltered in the last two months.
Nothing will change until Barry is sent packing, that should be obvious by now.