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Job Growth Less Than Expected in November
Topic Started: Dec 3 2004, 10:17 AM (578 Views)
gvok
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Job Growth Less Than Expected in November

Friday, December 03, 2004

WASHINGTON — A surprisingly soft 112,000 new U.S. jobs were created in November, the Labor Department (search) said on Friday, casting a shadow across an already downbeat holiday sales season with consumers apparently worried by scarce work and high oil prices.

The November figure — the weakest since July — came in well below Wall Street economists' forecasts for 180,000 new jobs, though the unemployment rate (search) eased to 5.4 percent from 5.5 percent in October.

In addition, Labor lowered its estimates for job growth (search) in both September and October. October's gain was marked down to 303,000 from an originally reported 337,000-job increase. The department cut September's total to 119,000 from 139,000.

Some of the weaker performance reflected a trailing off of construction activity in Southeastern states after four hurricanes swept through the region in the fall. Only 11,000 construction jobs were added last month, compared with 65,000 in October. October's construction gain was the strongest since March 2000.

Manufacturing employment posted a third successive monthly drop in November, losing 5,000 jobs after what had appeared to be the beginning of a recovery in the hard-hit sector earlier this year.

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Hoss
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24thcenstfan
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So break it down for us Gvok. I know you didn’t take Economics :P , but I am still interested in any conclusions you may have come to in regards to job growth and how it relates to the state of the economy.
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gvok
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I haven't really come to any conclusions. I just thought this article was interesting and relevant to a few other conversations that have been floating around on the board recently. Feel free to draw your own conclusions (or not).
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Intrepid2002
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Others would venture to say that it's still growth nonetheless.
So there's nothing to be worried about and to he** with the deficit. ;)

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Dr. Noah
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It'll be paid down again next time a Democrat is elected president anyway. ;)
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gvok
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It's interesting that the liberals are actually more conservative than the conservatives when it comes to this issue.
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Dr. Noah
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And yet we are big on helping less fortunate people as well.
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Intrepid2002
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labels labels labels..... we change them as much as we change clothes. We all better duck and run before the "unpatriotic" buglers start waking up.

I'm outta here.... :bolt:
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24thcenstfan
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gvok
Dec 3 2004, 12:05 PM
It's interesting that the liberals are actually more conservative than the conservatives when it comes to this issue.

Who are you calling a liberal, you lefty?
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Dr. Noah
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You're all a bunch of traitorous commie scum. I'm out of here before the militia shows up! :lol:
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Intrepid2002
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Dec 3 2004, 01:06 PM
And yet we are big on helping less fortunate people as well.

What are you talking about Sisko? Do you know? The less fortunate are less fortunate because they choose to be less fortunate. Your gazillion tax dollar donation is just a crutch and it is not helping them at all.... no sir, not one bit so lobby for lower taxes and buy a yacht instead. Your mental well being is much more important. A good well being trickled down to the less fortunate makes everyone happy.

(end of facetious remarks) ;)


..... you know I jest.... you're not going to get grumpy on me are you? ;)


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Wichita
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The Sisko
Dec 3 2004, 05:06 PM
And yet we are big on helping less fortunate people as well.

Personal Response

A simple declarative sentence ... now prove that it is true.

You recently threw a hissy fit when someone claimed that conservatives give more than liberals. You have now made the opposite claim so I assume that you can back it up.

Please do so.

Personally I think that it is unprovable from either POV, but you apparently know more than I.

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You're all a bunch of traitorous commie scum. I'm out of here before the militia shows up!


By all means ... insult and name call before you run. :rolleyes:

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Minuet
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Ok guys - if the Conservatives were making facetious remarks like the ones you are all making you would be jumping all over them and complaining that they are baiting. Gvok has been the most reserved one on this thread (see I do notice when you behave Gvok ;) )

Please take it down a notch and actually discuss the issue without the righty bashing.
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Dr. Noah
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Sorry, I was just being silly. I don't really want to discuss politics on Friday anyway.
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