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Lovie777

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4. Well all that firing...................

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Original post)

Fri Mar 7, 2025, 10:03 AM

Mar 7

it's logical that would happen and it will continue to rise.

Feb 2024 under President Biden was about 275,000 jobs.

If he were still president the headline today would be brutal.

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The US job market added fewer jobs than expected in February as unemployment unexpectedly rose [View all] bucolic_frolic Mar 7 OP

Gee 🤔 how'd that happen? underpants Mar 7 #1

Talk about a stupidly blind headline... sheesh NotHardly Mar 7 #19

Unexpectedly rose? SheltieLover Mar 7 #2

Exactly what I was about to say! ms liberty Mar 7 #3

The greedy sick billionaires want to normalize the lunatic in the WH so badly....... wolfie001 Mar 7 #5

Oh I don't trust anything they say SheltieLover Mar 7 #6

+33. Phony "expectations" intended to pre-manage our reactions. n/t Harker Mar 7 #11

Yeah, but that doesn't work here. SheltieLover Mar 7 #13

Right! We're not at home to weasels and their words. Harker Mar 7 #16

Definitely not! SheltieLover Mar 7 #17

Well all that firing................... Lovie777 Mar 7 #4

"If he were still president the headline today would be brutal." markodochartaigh Mar 7 #12

"Day one" Klarkashton Mar 7 #7

These are the kind of meh numbers that are not immediately obviously either honest or dishonest. Wiz Imp Mar 7 #8

There are different unemployment metrics though, markodochartaigh Mar 7 #14

So Unexpected North Coast Lawyer Mar 7 #9

Yes...but we're looking for 25% tariffs to really turn things around next month!! Bengus81 Mar 7 #10

Tens of thousands of laid-off government workers markodochartaigh Mar 7 #15

Whose expectations are these? AmericaUnderSiege Mar 7 #18

The survey week for both surveys is usually the week containing the 12th. So this report's survey was done Feb 10-14 progree Mar 7 #20

Gosh, I wondered what happened? NotHardly Mar 7 #21