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2023-01-07 Economy

'Great news for the economy': Biden gloats about U.S. adding 223,000 jobs in December - despite hiring cooling to lowest point in two years, wage growth slowing and signs of interest rates gripping labor market

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Posted by Skidmark 2023-01-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 Just about matches the number of illegals for December.

Posted by Skidmark 2023-01-07 00:15|| 2023-01-07 00:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Inside The "Strong" Jobs Report: Full-Time Workers -1K; Part-Time Workers +679K

3.3% real wage decline in 2022.

Heckuva job Brownie.

Posted by Waldemar the Limber5043 2023-01-07 03:12|| 2023-01-07 03:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Baghdad Bob

Posted by Warthog 2023-01-07 10:02|| 2023-01-07 10:02|| Front Page Top

#4 The best part of the jobs report is the subsequent correction where they admit that they lied to you.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-01-07 11:20|| 2023-01-07 11:20|| Front Page Top

#5 Wow
That 223000 jobs positive even factoring in the zillion jobs the tech sector is shedding
Cooking the books again

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2023-01-07 14:41|| 2023-01-07 14:41|| Front Page Top

#6 That 223000 jobs positive

Christmas hiring surges then layoffs in January. Usually the numbers are given as seasonally adjusted, but they were ugly, so the Biden admin released raw figures w/o context. January 2023 employment numbers will be ugly either way.

Posted by Waldemar the Limber5043 2023-01-07 17:40|| 2023-01-07 17:40|| Front Page Top

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