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Miracle in Washington! No movement for 44 months and the month before election everything is coming up roses! Obama gets beat up on 10/3 and 10/5 low and behold a miracle!
The jobs report prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics had mixed news today. Job growth was mediocre - only 114,000 new jobs were added in September, which isn't even enough to keep up with population growth. The top-line unemployment number fell to 7.8% and there was actually an increase in the labor force participation rate.
The biggest news consisted of revisions to previous reports. BLS revised the previous two months up by almost 100,000 total jobs (there were 40,000 more jobs added to August and 44,000 jobs added to July).
The economy has remained sluggish, even with the...
Yes, what Dodd/Frank did was disgusting.