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Mixed Jobs Report Shows Unemployment Down to 7.8%

rickmcq Wrote: Oct 05, 2012 11:07 AM
indy, Liberals "except the truth" while Conservative accept the truth. The truth is that the American public will, in the main, understand that: a) 7.8% ain't much to crow about, and b) the 7.8% itself is suspect. Romney will not concede the election because of this.
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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...

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