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Wednesday Evening Thread: Media Goes Mute on Unemployment Data

October 10, 2012 by Miranda 90 Comments

Funny how that works huh? The media swiftly jumped away from the 7.8 figures released by the BLS on Friday, and refuse to muster up any noise over Gallup's release of this data today. Interesting how that is huh? Ahh well, try as they might, they won't get away with trying to cover for Mittens. It won't work! Enjoy your evening Obots with this classic concert clip by the … [Read more...] about Wednesday Evening Thread: Media Goes Mute on Unemployment Data

Friday Afternoon Thread: An October Surprise

October 5, 2012 by pragobots 119 Comments

Here's the basics: Total unemployment DROPPED to 7.8% -- the lowest since January 2009! 114,000 jobs were created in September The labor participation rate INCREASED from 63.5% to 63.6% July and August jobs numbers were revised UP, adding 86,000 jobs 31 straight months of private sector jobs growth Black unemployment rate DROPPED from 14.1% to 13.4% Of course, this … [Read more...] about Friday Afternoon Thread: An October Surprise

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