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In reply to the discussion: U.S. payrolls rose by 130,000 in January, more than expected; unemployment rate at 4.3% [View all]Wiz Imp
(9,411 posts)30. That's really hard to predict. But given Trump's complete lack of understanding
of anything about economics, the fact that nobody in his administration seems to understand anything about economic either and Trump's tendency to do things to make things worse, I'm pretty pessimistic. I'll be surprised if we don't fall into a bad recession. It may not be quite as bad as the great recession but I expect it to be worse than every other recession since the great depression.
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U.S. payrolls rose by 130,000 in January, more than expected; unemployment rate at 4.3% [View all]
BumRushDaShow
Wednesday
OP
The copy/paste text version doesn't run it into the tag like the Xitter post
BumRushDaShow
Wednesday
#4
It's not normally required as a DNS would usually have different variations to refer back to
BumRushDaShow
Wednesday
#14
They are using a wildcard certificate for encryption instead of using a proper server name
Tim S
Wednesday
#7
I can't trust BLS info with Trump and Vought in control. Are they being diddled?
CousinIT
Wednesday
#6
Exactly. Previous BLS Admin was fired for allowing unfavorable numbers to be published......
groundloop
Wednesday
#8
BLS data continues to be legit. As 30+ year employee on the CES program I can vouch for that.
Wiz Imp
Wednesday
#15
It's a sample based estimate. As such it is subject to several types of statistical error.
Wiz Imp
Wednesday
#24
That's really hard to predict. But given Trump's complete lack of understanding
Wiz Imp
Wednesday
#30
and like all the other jobs number, it will quietly be revised down in a month or two. nt
Javaman
Wednesday
#16
And the jobs numbers for 2025 were revised to LESS THAN HALF of what was originally stated.
SunSeeker
Wednesday
#31
MaddowBlog-New report shows 2025 was even worse for U.S. job market than we thought
LetMyPeopleVote
Wednesday
#32
"Reducing trust in government in general is very bad for progressive causes and ultimately great for the populist right.
mahatmakanejeeves
Wednesday
#33
Reality: 800,000+ layoffs this year -- the worst YTD since 2020, per nonpartisan analysts.
LetMyPeopleVote
Wednesday
#35
"The Employment Cost Index shows continued deceleration in compensation growth in Q4."
mahatmakanejeeves
6 hrs ago
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