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Title: The spin is strong with this one.
Post by: Scout26 on October 30, 2014, 06:39:19 PM
Two weeks before the election and the labor market is "firming" 

WTF does that mean?

Initial Claims increase, number still receiving aid after one week increased.  U-6 is 11.8 percent!!! (which, if there was an R in the White House there would be nightly news stories on every network with tear-jerker stories about folks out of work.)

http://news.yahoo.com/u-jobless-claims-rise-underlying-labor-market-trends-123757939--business.html
Title: Re: The spin is strong with this one.
Post by: cassandra and sara's daddy on October 30, 2014, 06:51:36 PM
Yea with the holiday hiring you'd expect better.   It's not good here


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Title: Re: The spin is strong with this one.
Post by: tokugawa on October 30, 2014, 10:00:46 PM
Within a few days- the electrical guy at HD was remarking how dead it was.
                           A guy in biz similar to mine called up shaking the trees.
                           My shipper mentioned how slow it is.

  The hurt is here, the bandaid is UI and disability and a 1000 other programs destined to be the unpaid shackle around the future generations.
Title: Re: The spin is strong with this one.
Post by: RoadKingLarry on October 30, 2014, 10:07:47 PM
We've been slow for over a year.  We normally see a slow down about this time of year but last year we had the usual slow down and no real corresponding return to normal. This year we are seeing a slow down from the new "normal".
Title: Re: The spin is strong with this one.
Post by: cassandra and sara's daddy on October 30, 2014, 10:14:23 PM
It might not seem slow in some fields. The gov is booming


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Title: Re: The spin is strong with this one.
Post by: SADShooter on October 30, 2014, 11:01:53 PM
Quote from: cassandra and sara's daddy on October 30, 2014, 10:14:23 PM
It might not seem slow in some fields. The gov is booming


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D.C. is the place to be...
Title: Re: The spin is strong with this one.
Post by: Sergeant Bob on October 30, 2014, 11:44:32 PM
Quote from: cassandra and sara's daddy on October 30, 2014, 10:14:23 PM
It might not seem slow in some fields. The gov is booming


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Ya nailed it!
Title: Re: The spin is strong with this one.
Post by: Ron on October 31, 2014, 12:26:57 AM
I'm in retail and we are doing OK, not gangbusters or great, just OK.

We run our location with half the employees compared to five years ago.

Our buying is better so markdowns are fewer and our margins overall are better.

A larger percentage of our business is from the folks who have money, the ones not as adversely hurt from the economic weakness, by design.