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Jobs report: +209k v 180k expected. U3 down to 4.3%

Posted by znufrii Aug 4 '17, 06:11

Wages up 2.5% y-o-y.

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It feels like white people really started trying to improve the economy when Trump took over. - Inigo Aug 4, 06:50 6
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  - I'm not saying it's why but there was an instant shift in the people who were complaining about the economy once Trump took office. - Inigo Aug 4, 07:13 1
    - "White dudes back in charge. "Those people" wont be stealing my job opportunities now!" -- nm - TWuG Aug 4, 07:16
  - On the other hand we aren't hearing nearly as much about the people who have been "left behind" by the economic recovery anymore. -- nm - znufrii Aug 4, 06:59 1
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- I'd like to think we aren't that f*cked up as a country. I really would. -- nm* - znufrii Aug 4, 06:54
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- It's an improvement. -- nm - znufrii Aug 4, 06:25
U3? -- nm - Karl_S Aug 4, 06:16 1
- There are different ways of measuring unemployment, so the BLS actually produces six different numbers. U3 is the traditional measure. -- (edited) - znufrii Aug 4, 06:22
Wage data in particular seems like good news -- nm - ty97 Aug 4, 06:14 1
- Here's an interesting chart I just came across. -- (link) - znufrii Aug 4, 06:18

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