https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-job-growth-beats-expectations-april-unemployment-rate-steady-43-2026-05-08/
Thought bad orange guy was tanking the economy? Didnt one of you state it was tanking? Can i get the address to the dispensiary yall use? Must be some good shit.Here's what they care about: The average price per gallon of gas in the US is $4.55. The annual inflation rate in the US jumped to 3.3% in March 2026, up from 2.4% in February, marking the highest level since May 2024.
And the answer to the question that ALWAYS drives elections: Are you better off now than you were two years ago, is a resounding "NO!"
Why do you think Trump's approval rating is in the toilet? And this jobs report ain't gonna move that needle.
About the BLS numbers:
(1) The employment rate is more often revised downward than upward, and April's numbers are all pre-revision.
(2) Back in August, Trump fired the BLS commissioner after an unfavorable July jobs report, so we don't know how trustworthy the BLS numbers are from his sycophant replacement.
(3) There was a significant jump in part time employment. The BLS counts a person as being employed if s/he work at least one hour per week but less than 30 to 35 hours. That over represents the employment numbers, imho.
(4) When people give up looking for work, they are no longer considered part of the labor force and skews the unemployment rate down.
If you really want to gauge the state of the economy is, you should look at Presidential job performance, consumer sentiment, average credit card balances, inflation rate, national deficit and debt, etc.
Why would i look at credit card balances and debt overall? Americans are abolutely horrible with spending more than they make. That gives 0 insight to how well the economy is doing.
What i see right now is a stronger economy than the news would have you believe.
Housing in strong demand..that means those that are capable are buying. And they are buying. Rental market stronger than its ever been, even with a recent slight cooling.
Stock market...record highs.
And unemployment is reasonably low.
Couple that with how myself and my peers are doing...and things are looking just fine.
So once again i have to ask? Things in the shitter for you?
Americans Have Dropped Out Of Work Force than Have Found a Job, that’s why the numbers look good … wonder if this holds true 🤔
And another use to say. “People are running their credit cards because they can’t afford living”
Just thought I’d reminisce
Mortgage rates are high and there's a housing shortage. People who want to buy can't do it because there's a shortage of sellers. The shortage is because owners don't want to sell because they have rates of around 3% and can't afford a rate double that. So low inventory.
Also, prices are high because of the spike in home prices resulting from Covid.
All of this is being ignored by Randy.
He thinks his world is a microcosm of the entire country, which it is not, especially in a K-shaped economy. He has very little, if any, empathy for Americans on the other leg of the economy. Not everyone is a member of the local country club.
No i just dont listen to people who cant explain the blanket statements or slogans they use. The economy is just fine, chicken little.
These are numbers trump should have gotten on Jan 2025. This is typical trump, "I start a fire, then I put it out" and I'm the hero.
Trump walked into a pretty good economy that was trending down, unemployment and inflation...all trump had to do was play golf and just take the credit. But he "liberated" us from god who knows what. Then flip flop on his economic plan, hence the name TACO.
Now he gets numbers he should have had months ago....and you want to pound your chest.
I know things are tough for you to defend, but this ain't one of them...I know its a feel good story for MAGA. But get real
Economy doing just fine, as for the reasons ive highlighted over and over...reasons not a sijgle one of you asshats could successfully debate against.
So hey, chicken little...the sky isnt falling. So..shut the fuck up.
Thanks.
And you’re bitching about housing …
If the economy is so fine buy that house and quit renting
The fact is the US economy is not "fine" rather it's just limping along. Inflation is stubbornly high and will worsen with higher energy costs due to the mess trump has created in Iran. Consumer confidence is low while consumer debt levels are high. Yes, the stock market is doing well but over 90% of stocks are owned by the top 10% of earners. Also, most of the increases in wages in recent years have gone to the top 10%. The bottom 90% of Americans are anything but "fine".
Not quite sure whats going on with this post but seems to be directed my way?
Housing market is one of pillar indicators of an economy....so I use this market to base my opinion on.
Are you just learning this or something? Im genuinely baffled by this post of yours..
Spelling and typos:
"whats" should be "what's".
"Im" should be "I'm".
Punctuation:
"...." should be "..." (ellipsis is three dots, not four).
Trailing ".." should be "." or "..."
Missing comma after "post" in "this post but seems" (or rephrase).
Question mark after "my way" is fine but the sentence is a fragment phrased as a question.
Grammar:
"Not quite sure whats going on with this post but seems to be directed my way" is a fragment missing a subject; should be "I'm not quite sure..." and "but it seems to be directed my way".
"Housing market is one of pillar indicators" is missing articles; should be "The housing market is one of the pillar indicators".
"so I use this market to base my opinion on" is awkward preposition stranding; cleaner as "so I base my opinion on this market".
Word choice:
"pillar indicators" is not a standard phrase; "key indicators" or "leading indicators" is what's typically meant.
"Are you just learning this or something" is colloquial but fine in tone, though "or something" is filler.
You get all upset and spend time pissing and moaning over petty mistakes and errors, yet you missed the biggest and most egregious one.
He knows he's embarrassing himself.
Is your real name Coeur de Lion?
"Heart of a Lion," but in French, it sounds so much cooler. I've had prior experience with nunya, and he makes the distinction of hiding behind an alias to levy personal attacks. BigP has always been upfront with his attacks, so he gets way more respect from me than a weasel like nunya.
Spelling and typos:
-- "yall" should be "y'all".
--"ive" should be "I've".
--"sijgle" should be "single".
-- "isnt" should be "isn't".
Punctuation:
--missing comma after "Economy" (or rephrase as "The economy is doing just fine").
--the "..." sequences are informal and inconsistent, "
--chicken little" should be capitalized as a name ("Chicken Little").
--missing space after "So.." and it should be "So..." or just a comma.
Grammar:
--"Economy doing just fine" is a fragment, needs "is" ("The economy is doing just fine").
--"as for the reasons ive highlighted over and over" is a dangling fragment that doesn't connect grammatically to what precedes it.
--"reasons not a sijgle one of you asshats could successfully debate against" is also a fragment and the preposition stranding is awkward; cleaner as "reasons none of you could debate against."
Word choice:
--"successfully debate against" is redundant; just "debate" or "refute" works.
But good luck getting this ignoramus (or any of the other know-nothings around here) to write a coherent English sentence. First of all, they're not capable of it. Second, they don't actually care.
Pronunciation?
Has anyone incorrectly mispronounced anything?
They always inflate the numbers, then quietly revise them a few months later.
Doesnn'nt mmatter which side, both do it.
Nearly 1 million US jobs vanish from revised data as Fed weighs cuts
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