Elessar78 Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 WASHINGTON — Solid US hiring stretches into 6th month as employers add 209,000 jobs; rate rises to 6.2 pct. Good job, US economy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twa Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar78 Posted August 1, 2014 Author Share Posted August 1, 2014 Well, not for your ilk. The future holds nothing but God-lessness and destitution, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TradeTheBeal! Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 And some would predict disaster, in the hope that one appears…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Pointing out, though, before we start our Redskins Super Bowl party, that, while adding 200K jobs for six months in a row is nice, (and is certainly better than what we've been having, lately), that it's not really that unusual. I checked out the stats, a while back. And job growth of 2M a year (which is slightly less than 200K/month) isn't all that rare. Happens a bit less than half the time, as I recall. It's certainly not BAD news. (Despite the fact that some will try to make it so.) But it's not like we put a Man on the Moon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elessar78 Posted August 1, 2014 Author Share Posted August 1, 2014 No, it's nothing fantastic. However it is positive news. Considering the economy where the economy has been, it's good news. I'm fully aware that there are many ways to parse the jobs numbers—it's never going to be perfect. Celebrate the good things when they are there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balki1867 Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 Generally, job growth of 160-170k is considered treading water in terms of matching the population growth of the US. Even though 200k is nothing spectacular I'll gladly take it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMP Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Middle class jobs on a rise: http://money.cnn.com/2014/08/01/news/economy/middle-class-jobs/index.html?hpt=hp_t4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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