Posted by doofus on 5/6/11 10:15am
Msg #382349

great employement news

Related News:U.S. · Economy · .U.S. Payrolls Grew 244,000 in April; Unemployment at 9%
By Timothy R. Homan - May 6, 2011 10:17 AM ET


) -- U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis talks about the April U.S. jobs report released today and the outlook for the economy. Payrolls increased by 244,000 workers last month, the biggest gain since May 2010, the Labor Department said. The jobless rate climbed to 9 percent.April hires more thatn forcast. one quarter of those were by mcdonalds. Yahoo. mcdonalds has already admitted, that they would have hired these people over time. They did it this way to boost their image, as a fine company.This reminiscent of the temporary hires for the census, a big boost. Yahoo. This is good news and getting better. These statements from the labor dept. This could have been written by anyone on obamas staff.

Oh and by the way. Unemployment is back up to 9%. How in the world could this factor be tossed in as an aside on the questionable job bigger


American employers in April added more jobs than forecast, indicating the world’s largest economy is weathering the impact of higher fuel prices.

Payrolls expanded by 244,000 last month, the biggest gain since May 2010, after a revised 221,000 increase the prior month, the Labor Department said today in Washington. The jobless rate climbed to 9 percent, the first increase since November, a separate survey of households showed. Employment was forecast to grow by 185,000 last month, according to the median estimate of economists surveyed by Bloomberg News.

Reply by doofus on 5/6/11 10:18am
Msg #382351

oops did it again

Reply by Kevin/Ct on 5/6/11 10:45am
Msg #382355

Sounds like the bulk of these were "McJobs. Have you read the definition of a "McJob"?

Reply by 101livescan on 5/6/11 12:21pm
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Befuddling, 150 being laid off from County of SB today, 108 jobs in Raytheon being moved to Texas, 26 teachers getting pink slips today....where and how do these numbers come from and what sense does it make, NOT A BIT! No new jobs here, that is for sure!

Reply by ME/NJ on 5/6/11 12:59pm
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Re: great employement news (take a better look)

The numbers you see are min wage jobs and seasonal jobs. Unemployment rate has gone up, look at the housing market 35% of the homes out there are bank owned and no end in site for a couple of years. (big reason the values are dropping like a rock) Banks are unloading even at a loss, oil and gas will be 5/gallon by July, food prices are way up we are headed in the wrong direction and all I can say is put it away and pay off your debts if you can.

It took Kim and I 2 years to payoff a ton of stuff, my only major bill is the home which I'm 80K upside down on it. (stuck here for a long time)

Reply by topflyt on 5/6/11 1:18pm
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Re: great employement news (take a better look)

Thank God my wife and I bought just before the real estate market exploded, but on the other hand, stupid me for not keeping our other home and renting it out!
Why do so many count on gov stats? You know it's misleading! Every time they make a comment or state a fact, you have to wonder what it means on the snide.

Reply by Susan Fischer on 5/6/11 2:37pm
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The majority of the new jobs are in the service industry,

restaurants/bars for instance, not good-paying jobs that educated, experienced workers need again - those kinds of jobs that were/are outsourced by Business.