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As Good As It Gets? Initial Jobless Claims At Lowest In 43 Years For Christmas Week
It's Chrismas time. Only the scroogiest of scrooges would be laying people off this time of year and in fact this week's 267k print in initial jobless claims is back near cycle lows. The last time there were initial jobless claim in a holiday week was 1972, which raises the question - so what happens next?
Will it be different this time?
Well, no - Yellen is already raising rates.
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You can't file a jobless claim....if you lose a part time job.
Yeah, extended federal holidays and vacations and such weather related seasonal adjustments.
What happens next? Easy! Fudge the numbers some more so they are even lower!
Just sounds like big Corporations are running out of people left to fire. Imports on H1 visas don't get unemployment if they get fired. They just get sent home, not that it happens very often.
This is false.
You asked for a list.
http://www.dailyjobcuts.com/
Cut Unemployment insurance to 2 weeks and the unemployment rate will look better than anytime in history.
It's the true rate vs the BLS cooked rate. The admin is indicating that Obama is the messiah. As long as the masses believe that it couldn't be better.
What happens next? Full employment and skittle shitting unicorns in every house.
ISIS is looking for a few good men .... who aren't offended by public displays of goat fucking .... fuck a goat .... cut a throat ?
Initial jobless claims by this government is about as reliable as vaseline for preventing HIV spread in Barry's bath house.
The only employer not downsizing, right sizing or investing in labor saving technology is..... Dadadum....
Government.
My son is a budget anylist for the Feds. He said the fluff and waste is unbelievable. He also admits, he is now a part of the "system".
He said, " Dad, I'm a housecat now". It's takes about five years, then all your killer instincts are gone. Your main job becomes keeping you head down, and don't make waves. 1st and the 15th. Like clockwork.
Congrats to Obama, for the first time in his reign the U6 real unemployment dropped below 10%, a solid 9.9% print.
% of Americans who comprehend this unemployment rate? Very, very low.
Q. What happens next? - A. Jobless benefits are less and less so jobless claims are less and less happens next.
Fewer jobless claims does not mean fewer jobless people.
Fewer jobless claims does not mean fewer jobless people.
Paraphrasing Mark Twain here....
There are lies, damn lies, and then there are statistics.
TPTB have an agenda and a playbook and they are running it right up the ass of the middle class. But, as Twain also said ...
History may not repeat itself but it does often rhyme.
And in that I take solace, for history has shown that eventually every oppressed people eventually rises up against tyranny and oppression by their respective rulers. And make no mistake we are being ruled, not self governed. I only hope I am prepared enough for whenever that time comes so that I can protect and sustain my family through the darkness that will follow.
Thank you ZH for being the truth tellers. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all ZHers everywhere for making this a great forum to engage with and learn from. You are the best!
Okay ZH,,, calculate the unemployment as they did in 1970.... Dare ya!
Banana Republic.
I like bananas.