tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1042042552998680556.post3761341695253499594..comments2024-02-02T08:15:38.747-08:00Comments on The Elephant in the Room: April 6, 2012 - Good Friday - Morning HeadlinesLMEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18429716019519498131noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1042042552998680556.post-14835955647121789282012-04-06T09:55:25.671-07:002012-04-06T09:55:25.671-07:00Good afternoon and happy Friday MN 4 Rick and RKen...Good afternoon and happy Friday MN 4 Rick and RKen - I can't say much; it's another busy day at the office, and I have to get a lot done before I leave early. <br /><br />To go along with what you're both saying, the funny part is you're both correct. When MN 4 Rick wrote his comment at 8:34 am EST (for some reason our timestamps are in PST) it was right after the jobs report release at 8:30. I saw the exact same article, and when the email came through and I saw his comment about the article, I thought the same thing. At the time, they didn't talk about the people that left the workforce. <br /><br />Now the article is updated, and RKen has correctly pointed it out. The shrinking of the denominator made the overall unemployment rate drop. <br /><br />So, MN 4 Rick, it's not really fuzzy math, it's more, the math wasn't there at the time you and I saw that article ~ 8:30am. <br /><br />I hope you both have great, safe weekends :-)LMEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18429716019519498131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1042042552998680556.post-64998576812273387952012-04-06T09:47:05.509-07:002012-04-06T09:47:05.509-07:00You are correct about the 125k jobs/month just to ...You are correct about the 125k jobs/month just to keep up with the population growth. Though, the CNN article I read noted that the unemployment rate dropped due to a combination of the added jobs as well as people exiting the job search.<br /><br />The article:<br />http://money.cnn.com/2012/04/06/news/economy/jobs-report-unemployment/index.htm?hpt=hp_t1<br /><br />Quote:<br />"Job growth of around 120,000 is just about enough to keep up with population growth, and is therefore more like "treading water" than a major improvement, Owens said.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the unemployment rate fell to 8.2% as the labor force shrank by 164,000 workers, mostly due to white women leaving the job market."RKennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1042042552998680556.post-50058888855631340362012-04-06T05:34:51.423-07:002012-04-06T05:34:51.423-07:00Fuzzy government math:
- Economists surveyed by ...Fuzzy government math: <br /><br />- Economists surveyed by CNNMoney expect the report to show that employers added 200,000 jobs in March, and that the unemployment rate fell by 0.1% to 8.2%. <br /><br />- The economy needs about 125,000 new jobs each month just to keep the unemployment rate steady. To fully dig out of the jobs hole left by the financial crisis, it needs far more.<br /><br />Both from (http://money.cnn.com/2012/04/06/news/economy/jobs-walkup/index.htm?hpt=hp_t1)<br /><br />But the Wall Street Journals says, "The US economy added 120,000 jobs in March dropping the unemployment rate to 8.2%."<br /><br />How? If it takes 125,000 just to keep it steady, how does 120,000 cause it to drop? <br /><br />It's getting deep!MN 4 Ricknoreply@blogger.com