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US unemployment drops to 4.9% in January, but hiring is slowing down
The latest report from the United States Labor Department for January showed job gains slowed more than expected as the boost to hiring from unseasonably mild weather faded last month. However unemployment dropped to 4.9% of the workforce, the lowest in almost eight years. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesMixed messages but the next set will likely be affected by the really bad weather.
Feb 06th, 2016 - 11:11 am - Link - Report abuse 0This is why looking at each set as a trend is fraught with problems.
Whatch Yankeeboy spin this one. Jajaja
Feb 06th, 2016 - 12:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Spin what? There's never been more people on welfare and disability in the history of the USA.
Feb 06th, 2016 - 12:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The next Prez needs to take the limits back to what they were in the 90s.
Get people working again.
The Progs have made it too easy to be poor.
80,000 pages of regulations have been made by Odumbo last year alone.
It is killing the USA.
At least Congress showed him how worthless he was yesterday by throwing his budget in the trash with no discussion.
Slap right in the face.
They should have done that long ago
I wish they'd start passing the funding the correct way so when an agency gets out of line they can stop funding it immediately. Congress has been a mess since the Dems had it for so long. I hope Ryan can fix it quickly.
Unemployment will shortly be going up substantially - unemployed GOP candidates ;-)
Feb 08th, 2016 - 07:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0When George Wingnut Bush left office, the job market was bleeding 800.000 jobs a year and the country had a debt of app US$ 13 trillion because of the insane wars.
Feb 08th, 2016 - 09:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Why did Obama start those wars? when he wasn't even the president at that time.
Spankingboy has a selective amnesia and a short memory as seen in the movie “50 First Dates”.
Psst...we're bombing more countries now than when Bush was Prez.
Feb 08th, 2016 - 11:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Most of Bush's tenure we had amazing growth and the lowest amount of unemployment in recent history.
4. Hillary is reorganizing her campaign after her loss in NH. They think its the people working for her that's the problem.
It would be an historical anomaly for the USA to elect the same party in office 3 times.
I don't think you realize how many people hate Odumbo.
He's destroyed the Democrat brand
Probably for 30 years just like Carter.
65% of the population thinks we're on the wrong track.
But who knows.....
You can say a lot of things about President Obama but you have to give him credit for one thing:
Feb 09th, 2016 - 02:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0The man took office less than 7 years ago and in that time he has managed to take a country that was in poor economic condition, a country that was weak and tired of wars, a country that had lost the respect of a significant part of the international community and single-handedly re-established its position as one of the most influential, prosperous and powerful countries in the world.
Now, if he could just help the United States the same way he helped Iran ...
Except its been the slowest recovery in the history of our Country.
Feb 09th, 2016 - 03:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Most people say it recovered despite of Odumbos policies.
Not because of them
There is so much pent up demand you can feel it in the air.
Everyone is just waiting for him to leave.
Ow! Now W's endorsing his bro' - kiss of death!
Feb 09th, 2016 - 03:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 09. Did you think he wouldn't?
Feb 09th, 2016 - 04:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0GW Bush's favorability is higher than Hillary and way higher Odumbos now.
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