A robust US economy keeps adding jobs: 284.000 a month in the fourth quarter

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United States jobs growth remained solid in December as the economy added 292,000 jobs, beating expectations. The Bureau of Labor Statistics data also showed the jobless rate held at its seven-and-a-half year low of 5%. Read full article

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chronic
Sunshine pumpers.

Lol.
Jan 09th, 2016 - 04:54 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
You can see the problem facing the FED.

What metrics do they choose to make decisions on when they are unbelievable?

If you look at the blogs in the US it is just like Britain. Many people who were sacked didn't bother to try and find a job after being told they weren't wanted by every job interview they managed to get, resulting in a massive black economy.

You only have to look how desperate Camoron was in allowing the earning of prostitutes and other 'sex workers' to be incorporated in the official figures to realise the world has gone to pot.
Jan 10th, 2016 - 12:31 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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chronic
The official statistics tell the story just fine.

The percentage of the population that is employed fulltime - this is the gauge.

Manufacturers indexes in combo with junk energy paper is what is driving the selloff.

You have know what to look for.
Jan 10th, 2016 - 04:33 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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