Looks like we're off to a "good" start for the fuhrer. The January jobs report comes out with a gain of 227,000 jobs for the month. The unemployment rate ticks up to 4.8%. It shows a sign of Americans interested in finding a long term job. It's a small increase in employment.
The first job report under Fuhrer Donald J. Trump. The Labor Department conducted this job report when Barack Obama was still the president.
"Trump is inheriting an economy on its way to full employment, but there is still more work to do," says Elise Gould, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute.
CNN reports that the underemployment rate which says that people who are unemployed plus the part-time workers rose to 9.4%.
And like how they did Obama, I will do the same for the fuhrer. Conservatives ignore the facts once again for political gains. They will likely credit Trump for the jobs number.
Now that Obama's out of office, how many of these conservatives are going to spread misinformation about 95 million Americans not working?
I will miss you and your family. I hope the best for you, Vice President Joe Biden, First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden. I hope that you guys will stay active in the public sector.
I hope you guys are the vocal opposition towards the Republicans and the incoming fuhrer Donald J. Trump. I hope you motivate Democrats to fight for the people and not big interest. I hope that Republicans prove to the American people once again that conservatism will not work without liberalism as a balance.
I want the Republican Party, Trump and vice fuhrer Mike Pence to fail. I do want the country to fail.
Because this notion to rationalize Trump, Pence, conservatives and the junk food media's rationing of this White extremist movement they called the alt-right is senseless. It's pathetic and disgusting.
I want it to fail. I want more chaos!
Because I believe Trump will be overwhelmed with issues. The stress will get to him and Pence.
They will age 5 times faster with the enormous amount of pressure to do "what's right".
Thanks to Trump and the Republicans, partisanship has now became more toxic than ever.
Even the jobs report for the month of December will be polarized by notions of the false equivalency of 95.4 million not working. Now if 95 million people aren't working there's got to be a good reason to why.
But obviously in the minds of white extremists, Black people are having children out of wedlock and living on the government and blaming WHITE folks for their problems.
The idiots can't figure out that there are 1/3 of the population not working for the reasons given.
1. DEAD 2. BORN 3. IN PRISON 4. IN PRIMARY SCHOOL 5. IN MIDDLE SCHOOL 6. IN HIGH SCHOOL 7. IN COLLEGE NOT LOOKING 8. VOLUNTEER 9. DISABLED 10. STAY AT HOME PARENT 11. RETIRED 12. QUIT ON THEIR OWN 13. NOT HIRING QUALIFIED 14. NOT HIRING TOO QUALIFIED 15. FIRED FROM THE JOB
Okay, the unemployment rate is the signs of a stable economy. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.7%. The employment in December was a net of 156,000 jobs.
The unemployment rate ticked up from a nine year low as more people are entering the job market which speculators see as a sign of confidence.
We will continue to engage in the job market. When Trump takes the helm, we will follow the unemployment rate.
The jobs are here and the Republicans won't give Obama the credit for it. Once Trump take the helm, he will find some way to blame Obama for the mess he creates or the take the credit for the successes that Obama did.
When the man-child take office, he'll inherit a low job rate. President Barack Obama leaves him 15.9 million jobs.
Bet you money, we won't hear conservatives bemoan and beeyotch about the jobs report once the dictator takes over. Like they've done to President Barack Obama, they would say that the jobs report were bogus and 95 million people aren't working. They don't care about the obvious reasons to why people aren't working.
For every the month of November, the jobs report comes with 178,000 jobs added. It drops the unemployment rate to 4.6 percent. With that drop, it begins the final month of Obama's term.
He will leave the controversial billionaire/racist/sexist/pussy grabbing/immature/reality television star a stable economy. The man-child will be our next president. Donald J. Trump will come in believing that his words helped the economy.
Let's break down the canard about 95 million people not working. Obviously in the minds of White extremists there are so many people lazy and living on the gubmint. They want drug tests for people who use the safety net.
I can only imagine that those who are suffering in the South weren't supporters of Obama's policies.
A large scale wildfire in Tennessee destroying homes and displacing people. Tennessee lawmakers are calling upon Congress to pass emergency relief before they take their umpteenth vacation. Once they return it will be the soon-to-be inept 115th Congress. The Republicans will have control of Congress and they will ignore the needs of the American people.
Reasons to why 95 million people not working. DEATH BIRTH RETIREMENT TERMINATION FROM JOB QUIT JOB ON OWN TERMS PRISON STAY AT HOME PARENT COLLEGE DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY DISABLED
On his way out, he will leave unemployment rate at the lowest.
President Barack Obama's final two months are here. The first African American president leaves the White House on January 20th, 2017. On his way out, he may leave his predecessor with the lowest unemployment rate in American history.
The job numbers for October are out. It nets 161,000 jobs, 73-months of job growth. It's amazing.
Nonfarm payrolls increased by 161,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said on Friday. August and September data was revised to show 44,000 more jobs created than previously reported.
The unemployment rate fell one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.9 percent, in part as people dropped out the labor force.
The closely watched employment report was published four days before the Nov. 8 presidential election. It came on the heels of data last week showing an acceleration in economic growth in the third quarter. But economists see little impact from the report on an increasingly bitter and divisive campaign.
“There is so much noise out there right now, everyone is screaming from the rooftops. I just don’t know that any particular data point is going to have a great bearing on the election, in and of itself,” said Sam Bullard, senior economist at Wells Fargo Securities in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Though the U.S. central bank is expected to increase borrowing costs next month, that decision will likely depend on the outcome of Tuesday’s election. The tight race between Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton and her Republican rival Donald Trump has rattled financial markets.
Economists polled by Reuters had forecast payrolls increasing by 175,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate falling one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.9 percent.
The Fed on Wednesday left interest rates unchanged but said its monetary policy-setting committee “judges that the case for an increase in the federal funds rate has continued to strengthen.” It lifted its benchmark overnight interest rate last December for the first time in nearly a decade.
“The election could still derail the Fed’s plans, particularly if a very close result led to one or both candidates contesting it via the courts,” said Paul Ashworth, chief economist at Capital Economics in Toronto.
TREND HAS SLOWED
The trend in employment growth has slowed as the labor market nears full employment and the economy’s recovery from the 2007-09 recession shows signs of aging.
Employment growth so far this year has averaged 181,000 jobs per month, down from an average gain of 229,000 per month in 2015. Still, the monthly job gains are more than enough to absorb new entrants into the labor market.
Fed Chair Janet Yellen has said the economy needs to create just under 100,000 jobs a month to keep up with growth in the work-age population.
The prospects of an interest rate hike next month were also bolstered by a solid rise in wages. Average hourly earnings increased 10 cents or 0.4 percent in October after advancing 0.3 percent in September.
The lift from a calendar quirk pushed the year-on-year increase to 2.8 percent, the biggest gain since June 2009, from 2.6 percent in September. The Fed on Wednesday struck a fairly upbeat note on inflation, saying price pressures had “increased somewhat since earlier this year.”
Despite the labor market nearing full employment, wage growth has been moderate. Economists blame this on a low labor force participation rate.
The participation rate, or the share of working-age Americans who are employed or at least looking for a job, fell 0.1 percentage point to 62.8 percent last month, not too far from multi-decade lows, in part reflecting demographic changes.
The solid payrolls gain accompanied by the surge in wages could support consumer spending heading into the holiday season, and in turn keep the economy on a relatively higher growth path.
While the household survey showed a increase in the number of people saying they could not get to work because of bad weather, the department said it was difficult to assess the impact of Hurricane Matthew on job growth last month. The storm lashed the east coast of the country last month, causing extensive flooding. The average workweek held steady at 34.4 hours.
Manufacturing employment fell 9,000 last month, falling for a third straight month. Construction payrolls increased 11,000, rising for a second straight month.
Retail sector employment surprising fell 1,100 jobs, despite expectations of a jump in early holiday season hiring.
Professional and business services payrolls rose 43,000.
Temporary-help jobs, a harbinger for future hiring, increased 6,400. Government employment rose by 19,000 jobs.
As we enter the final weeks of the U.S. presidential election, the September's job report release makes strives. The month gave us 156,000 jobs. It also ticked the unemployment rate to 5 percent. It's starting to cool off again.
Once again, the jobs report becomes a partisan event. The conservatives will always deny the economy is improving. They will calculate the half truths about the 95 million Americans aren't working.
Americans are losing their homes to the wildfires, tornadoes, floods, and the looming Hurricane Matthew. Gun violence is the number one threat in the United States. Service jobs are stressing the working class. Wage theft and lots of Americans being overworked is an issue that conservatives ignore.
The reasons to why conservatives ignore the real reasons for 95 million people not working.
1. BIRTH 2. DEATH 3. RETIREMENT 4. FIRED OUT THE CANNON (LAID OFF/FIRED FROM JOB) 5. QUITTING A JOB FOR A NEW JOB 6. UNDER 16 (NOT OF WORKING AGE) 7. STAY AT HOME PARENT 8. DISABLED 9. COLLEGE STUDENT STUDYING 10. IN THE IRON COLLEGE (PRISON)
Okay, if you're seriously believing that 95 million people aren't working (just because), then you're a Donald Trump and Mike Pence supporter. If you choose to not factor the obvious reasons as mentioned above, you're obviously a listener of agitators like that old fart Rush Limbaugh, Sean "Softball" Hannity and readers of that internet creeper Matt Drudge.
Yes, people are searching for the "right" job. There are plenty of jobs out there. Some are willing and some are giving up. It's a part of real world.
Economists polled by Reuters had expected employers to add 175,000 jobs last month.
Fed Chair Janet Yellen has said the economy needs to create less than 100,000 jobs a month to keep up with population growth.Average monthly job gains have been about 180,000 this year, which Yellen has described as “unsustainable.”
The unemployment rate ticked up a tenth of a percentage point to 5.0 percent last month, though the increase was driven by Americans rejoining the labor force.
Friday’s employment report will be the last before the Fed’s Nov. 1-2 policy meeting. Investors see almost no chance of a rate increase at that meeting given how close it is to the Nov. 8 presidential election.
Yellen said last month that the Fed will likely raise rates once this year, but prices on fed funds futures suggest just above even odds the hike will come at the Fed’s last policy meeting for the year in December.
Hourly wages for private sector workers rose 2.6 percent in September from the same month a year earlier, in line with economists’ expectations. The annual growth rate has shown signs of accelerating over the last year although it remains slower than before the 2007-2009 recession.
Three Fed policymakers voted for a hike last month when the Fed kept rates steady. However, Friday’s data could boost the case of Fed policymakers who have vocally defended a go-slow approach to rate increases.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has accused the Fed of playing politics by holding rates low, a charge Yellen and other Fed policymakers have denied.
Trump has also made reversing job losses at U.S. factories a central campaign promise. Manufacturing employment fell by 13,000 jobs in September and the sector has shed jobs in three of the last five months.
At the same time, the job market on balance continues to firm, even if at a slower pace, which could be an asset for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton who has argued that President Barack Obama, also a Democrat, has helped the economy.
The Fed lifted its benchmark overnight interest rate at the end of last year for the first time in nearly a decade, but has held it steady so far this year amid concerns over persistently low inflation.
15 million jobs created so far under the nearly 8 years of Barack Obama's presidency.
So the jobs report is out for the month. For the month of August the jobs that were netted were 151,000. It gave the country over 1 million jobs so far.
The unemployment rate will stay at 4.9%. It fell below 5% earlier this year for the first time since 2008.
Wage growth slowed a bit after showing signs of momentum in previous months. Wages continue to stall and this is the reasons to why the U.S. economy recovery has not been felt by vast pockets of the population.
America's economic growth has averaged about 1% in the first half of this year. However, experts are hoping that growth will pick up in the second half.
The August job numbers are critical for the Federal Reserve, whose leaders hinted that they could use it as a guide in potentially raising the key interest rate.
When the conservative agitators say that 95 million Americans aren't working, I think about the actual reasons to why people aren't working.
For one thing, if you're not looking at the news lately, you're not noticing the wildfires, hurricane, floods, and tornadoes. You hear about the countless victims of gun violence. You hear about companies cutting
I think about the wildfires in Oregon, California, Wyoming, and Texas. I think about the floods in Louisiana. I think about the hurricanes hitting Florida and Hawaii. I think about the countless lives lost to gun violence in the United States. I think about the disastrous tornadoes tearing up the Midwest. I think about the lack of funding for roads and bridges.
The reasons to why conservatives ignore the real reasons for 95 million people not working.
1. BIRTH 2. DEATH 3. RETIREMENT 4. FIRED OUT THE CANNON (LAID OFF/FIRED FROM JOB) 5. QUITTING A JOB FOR A NEW JOB 6. UNDER 16 (NOT OF WORKING AGE) 7. STAY AT HOME PARENT 8. DISABLED 9. COLLEGE STUDENT STUDYING 10. IN THE IRON COLLEGE (PRISON)
Okay, if you're seriously believing that 95 million people aren't working (just because), then you're a Donald Trump and Mike Pence supporter. If you choose to not factor the obvious reasons as mentioned above, you're obviously a listener of agitators like that old fart Rush Limbaugh, Sean "Softball" Hannity and readers of internet creeper Matt Drudge.
The President and First Daughter Sasha Obama in Martha's Vineyard.
President Barack Obama is 55 year old. His job approval is high and he's confident that his soon to be predecessor will carry his legacy forward. Obama hopes that Hillary Clinton will be the next President of the United States.
You know the president goes on his last vacation for the summer recess. He gave his last presser at the Pentagon. He was asked about the presidential campaign. He said that he's not going to waste anymore time on the situation between Hillary Clinton and the other guy. He said that the other guy is "unfit to be the President of the United States."
He also announced that his daughters were on the move as well. Malia Obama was spotted at Lollapalooza with her friends. Sasha was spotted at a restaurant in Martha's Vineyard. She is currently working there serving residents at a local seafood shack.
Her name is Natasha and she's here to serve. Don't worry about the guys in the back, they just here to keep her company. The first daughter Sasha Obama is working at a seafood shack in Martha's Vineyard.
So far, Republican Donald Trump and running mate Mike Pence have slipped and the party is very concerned that the damage is done.
Here's some news that going to make Trump even more nervous. The jobs report for the month of July has shown a strong bump in the hiring. Over 255,000 jobs were clocked in.
The U.S. unemployment rate will remain at 4.9 percent.
Now as always, you hear the lies and half-truths of the American labor force.
Example: 95 million people aren't working.
The United States population as of today is 322 million. That would be less than 1/3 of the U.S. population.
The reasons to why conservatives ignore the real reasons for 95 million people not working.
1. BIRTH 2. DEATH 3. RETIREMENT 4. FIRED OUT THE CANNON 5. QUITTING A JOB FOR A NEW JOB 6. UNDER 16 7. STAY AT HOME PARENT 8. DISABLED 9. COLLEGE STUDENT STUDYING 10. IN THE IRON COLLEGE (PRISON)
The good news is that people are looking for jobs and it's plentiful. The bad news is that the labor participation rate is stalling at 62.8 percent. That means people who gave up looking for jobs is still high.
The good news is that hourly rates have risen. The bad news is that the cost of living will likely go up as well. The first signs of an adjustment is the soda. If you purchased a soft drink at a gas station and it was previously $1.69 and soon it would be $1.89. It would be a 10 percent jump in the price of the drink.
Despite what the naysayers say, we're looking good.
Happy Birthday Mr. Obama. You, Michelle and the daughters will be sorely missed.
The tragic shooting in Dallas may end President Barack Obama's trip to the European Union for a NATO summit. The president is clearly upset over the lost of lives in another mass shooting.
All the good news of the June job numbers were scrubbed by the ongoing blame game of mass shootings.
The June jobs report say that 287,000 jobs were added just a few weeks before Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton take their crowns as the party's nominees.
The unemployment rate has risen to 4.9%. It happens when more unemployed Americans go back into the workforce looking for a stable job.
The May jobs report was a disappointment. It gave the markets some major worry. The United Kingdom's divorce from the EU has also cast instability across the world markets.
The economy is making strives.
Again, you will have your critics. They will continue to push this false narrative that 94 million American aren't working and the usual the economy is in free fall.
Let me be clear. Here's the things that contribute to people not working.
Stay at home parents
Just quit their jobs
Retired workers
Those in prison
Under 16
In college or high school
Dead
Born
Unemployment rate down but it's not good news to the cynical agitators.
The unemployment rate dropped to 4.7 perecent. The job market is looking healthy but...there's a catch. The Department of Labor said that 38,000 jobs were added for the month of May.
Criticism is being passed around yet again. This shows the weakest job growth in five years.
The unemployment rate being down is positive, but it comes with a price. People are dropping out the labor force after deciding to give up on their search for a job. The labor force participation rate fell 0.2 percent in May to 62.6 percent, erasing some of the gains that it had made.
That means in other words, over 30 million people have given up on looking for a job.
The Huffington Post reports that figure badly missed the expected increase of about 160,000 jobs.
Already Donald Trump seized on the report in his usual fashion.
Terrible jobs report just reported. Only 38,000 jobs added. Bombshell!
The economic jobs report affects the stock market. It will probably take a hit.
Conservative agitators will seize upon the report as an example of their word vomit of lies and deception. The lie of 94 million people not working will be played again.
The Verizon strike also played a role in the dismal job market.
The Verizon employee strike was on for six weeks. The workers were demanding better pay and working conditions. That caused a negative impact on the job gains.
CNN reports that health care, hotels and government jobs were the only jobs added in May.
Mining, oil and gas jobs fell.
The weak May jobs report may very well take the rate hike off the table.
Janet Yellen was tempted to raise the interest rate but now it's going to be held back due to the unemployment numbers.
President Barack Obama at a local bookstore celebrating small business day.
The monthly jobs reports were released this morning and it shows an outlook that may pose a risk for the economy. The April jobs report shows that the U.S. Department of Labor added 160,000 were added.
That was the smallest gain since September and below the first-quarter average job growth of 200,000.
Employers added 19,000 fewer jobs in February and March than previously reported. While the unemployment rate held at 5.0 percent that was because people dropped out of the labor force.
Economists polled by Reuters had forecast payrolls rising 202,000 last month and the jobless rate unchanged at 5 percent.
The stepdown in job growth could raise concerns that the weakness in overall economic activity was spilling over to the labor market. Economic growth slowed sharply in the first quarter this year.
The most unproductive leaders of the Congress, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY). The Speaker of the House and Senate Majority Leader both voice concern about Obama's policies and their standard-bearer Donald Trump.
Average hourly earnings were a bright spot in the employment report, rising eight cents or 0.3 percent last month. That took the year-on-year increase to 2.5 percent from 2.3 percent in March, still below the 3.0 percent advance that economists say is needed for inflation to rise to the Fed’s 2.0 percent target.
The U.S. central bank last month offered a fairly upbeat assessment of the labor market, saying that conditions had “improved further.”
The Fed raised its benchmark overnight interest rate in December for the first time in nearly a decade. Fed officials have forecast two more rate hikes for this year.
Market-based measures of Fed policy expectations have virtually priced out an interest rate increase at the Fed’s June 14-15 meeting, according to CME Group’s FedWatch. They see a less than 50 percent probability of rate hikes in September and November, with a 59 percent chance at the December meeting.
The labor force participation rate, or the share of working-age Americans who are employed or at least looking for a job, fell 0.2 percentage point to 62.8 percent. It had increased 0.6 percentage point since dipping to 62.4 percent in September.
The labor force fell by 362,000 as people dropped out in April.
The vast private services sector dominated employment gains in April. Manufacturing added 4,000 jobs last month after shedding 29,000 in March, the biggest loss for the sector since December 2009.
Donald Trump in Charleston, WV stroking his gift from the coal industry.
There were further job losses in mining as the energy sector adjusts to weak profits from a recent prolonged plunge in oil prices. Mining payrolls fell 8,000 last month. Mining employment has decreased by 191,000 jobs since peaking in September 2014, with 75 percent of the losses in support activities.
Gains in construction employment slowed sharply, with the sector adding 1,000 jobs in April, after home building showing some signs of fatigue last month.
Retail payrolls fell 3,100 after hefty gains in the first quarter, despite sluggish sales.
This shatters the constant streak over added jobs over 200,000.
As usual the conservatives will complain about the job numbers. The conservatives will say that the president and the Labor Department are fudging the numbers.
They will say that 94 million Americans aren't working. They will complain that the annual payroll rates being stalled by government regulations.
All the while, ignoring the lackluster activities of the Republican controlled Congress. The Congress so far the most unproductive in American history. It's about to shatter the record of the 113th Congress, the least productive since Republicans and Democrats shared control.
The Supreme Court divided is a lose-lose situation for conservatives. Pictured: Justice Elena Kagan (back), Chief Justice John Roberts (left), Justices Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Binder Ginsburg, Stephen Beyer and Sonia Sotomayor.
Looks like it's a lose-lose situation for the Republicans. They continue their opposition to President Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland. And with the Court not at full strength, many issues conservatives took to court are being defeated.
Voting rights is spared for now. The Republican-controlled state of Texas ended up losing a crucial piece of power. The power they had to keep the U.S. Congressional districts in their favor is coming to an end.
Greg Abbott, the controversial Republican governor of Texas might want to wheel himself back to the drawing board. The court found that the Texas redistricting map isn't fair to the constituents and the Court struck it down.
The court ruled that the "one person, one vote" rule allows counting non-voters, including minors, prisoners, ex-convicts and immigrants -- a decision that traditionally helps Democrats.
"We hold, based on constitutional history, this court's decisions, and longstanding practice, that a state may draw its legislative districts based on total population," Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg wrote in delivering the court's opinion.
The plaintiffs -- Sue Evenwel and Edward Pfenninger -- argued that Texas should count only eligible voters in drawing up legislative districts of roughly equal size.
That would have favored rural areas with a high proportion of eligible voters in the allocation of legislative districts, over urban areas with larger absolute populations but a smaller proportion of eligible voters.
Since urban areas tend to vote Democratic and rural areas lean Republican, how the population is counted has a direct political impact.
If a state bases its electoral districting on the total population -- and all 50 states do -- people who are ineligible to vote are counted in the process.
These ineligible populations, such as non-citizen Hispanic immigrants, are usually present in larger numbers in urban areas.
As a result, each eligible voter in those areas proportionally has greater clout.
Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor and Clarence Thomas.
"Even so, it remains beyond doubt that the principle of representational equality figured prominently in the decision to count people, whether or not they qualify as voters," the court said.
"Adopting voter-eligible apportionment as constitutional command would upset a well-functioning approach to districting that all 50 states and countless local jurisdictions have followed for decades, even centuries. Appellants have shown no reason for the court to disturb this longstanding use of total population," the court added.
- Unanimous decision -
The justices heard oral arguments in the case in December before the sudden death of Justice Antonin Scalia on February 13, which has left the court evenly divided between liberals and conservatives.
But even before Scalia's death, the justices had expressed skepticism about the challenge to the Texas law, which was borne out by the unanimous decision.
Had the court ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, legislative districts would have had to have been redrawn in states from New York to California.
Civil rights leaders and minority groups backed the status quo, arguing a change would negatively impact Hispanics.
"Our representatives represent people," said Nina Perales of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund.
"Representatives don't represent land. They don't represent acres. They don't represent counties."
The NAACP civil rights group said that 75 million children, 13 million of whom are black, "would have been counted out of the redistricting process" since children cannot vote.
The case, it said, harked back "to nefarious periods in our democracy similar to when black people were counted as 3/5ths of a person for redistricting purposes."
Meanwhile Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders chimed in from the campaign trail in support of the decision.
Elena Kagan, Sonia Sotomayor, and Ruth Binder Ginsburg were the majority of the court.
"In our democracy, every one of our voices should count. Glad the Supreme Court affirmed this fundamental right," Clinton tweeted.
- 'Significant leeway' -
Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito were part of the majority, but wrote separate concurring opinions.
Alito, while agreeing with the majority, rejected the government's argument that there is a constitutional basis for requiring that legislative districts be equal in total population.
In a similar vein, Thomas noted that the court's decision did not provide clear guidance on what exactly "the one person, one vote" principle protects.
"The Constitution does not prescribe any one basis for apportionment within states. It instead leaves states significant leeway in apportioning their own districts to equalize total population, to equalize eligible voters, or to promote any other principle consistent with a republican form of government.
"The majority should recognize the futility of choosing only one of these options. The Constitution leaves the choice to the people alone -— not to this court," he wrote.
The month of March gave the best news for President Barack Obama, however it gave a rise to the unemployment rate. The Department of Labor released the job numbers and it shows a steady pace of employment.
The economy roars with 215,000 jobs added for the month of March and it did lead to the unemployment rate to head to 5 percent.
Nonfarm payrolls increased 215,000 last month, the Labor Department said on Friday. Data for January and February was revised slightly down to show 1,000 fewer jobs created than previously reported.
Average hourly earnings increased seven cents. While the unemployment rate rose to 5.0 percent from an eight-year low of 4.9 percent, it was because more Americans continued to return to the labor force, a sign of confidence in the jobs market.
The labor market has largely shrugged off slowing global economic growth, a robust U.S. dollar that has hurt manufacturing exports, and cheap oil prices, which have hit energy sector profitability.
Fed Chair Janet Yellen said on Tuesday that slowing world growth and lower oil prices posed a downside risk to the U.S. economic outlook, adding that she considered it appropriate for policymakers to “proceed cautiously in adjusting policy.”
Fed officials last month downgraded their economic growth expectations and forecast only two more rate rises this year. The U.S. central bank raised its benchmark overnight interest rate in December for the first time in nearly a decade.
Financial markets have almost priced out the likelihood of a rate hike at the Fed’s June policy meeting and see a roughly 47 percent chance of an increase in November and a 57 percent probability at the December meeting, according to CME FedWatch.
The employment report came on the heels of recent data showing sluggish consumer spending and weak business investment on capital in the first two months of the year, as well as some deterioration in the international trade balance.
Of course, Republicans and conservative agitators will say that the job numbers are fake. They will actually say that 1/3 of Americans aren't working (roughly 94 million).
They will continue to deny the fact that there are students in high school, stay at home spouse/parent, disabled, those in the iron college, those in college, those who were born and those died.
Births and deaths happen every freaking day. Someone just lost their job. Someone just quit their job.
The real unemployment numbers aren't relevant. Because there's so many contributing factors to why Americans chose to work or chose not to work.
Conservatives can say all the bullshit on television, radio, internet and print. But it's not true.
The lamest Congress ever, refuses to raise the minimum wage. They refuse to pass paid family leave.
They refuse to allow better safety equipment for those who work around hazardous chemicals.
But yet, say that the job numbers aren't right. The Republican Party and its allies contributed to the near downfall of our country and yet they want to reclaim the White House.
Once again, the country's unemployment is currently at 4.9 percent. The U.S. Department of Labor reports that 242,000 jobs for the month of February. The unemployment rate hold steady.
With a great job number, the hour wages actually declined.
But the number of long-term unemployed hasn't budged, and neither has the number of part-time workers who would prefer to work full-time.
Employment gains occurred in health care and social assistance, retail trade, food services and drinking places, and private educational services. Job losses continued in mining.
In February, the unemployment rate held at 4.9 percent, and the number of unemployed persons, at 7.8 million, was unchanged. Over the year, the unemployment rate and the number of unemployed persons were down by 0.6 percentage point and 831,000, respectively.
Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (4.5 percent), adult women (4.5 percent), teenagers (15.6 percent), Whites (4.3 percent), Blacks (8.8 percent), Asians (3.8 percent), and Hispanics (5.4 percent) showed little or no change in February.
The number of long-term unemployed (those jobless for 27 weeks or more) was essentially unchanged at 2.2 million in February and has shown little movement since June. In February, these individuals accounted for 27.7 percent of the unemployed.
Here comes the ney sayers! The so-called 94 million Americans not working. Of course, ignoring the obvious and the reasons to why.
Now if you're saying that the stay at home parent, the full-time college student, the disabled, the incarcerated, those under 15 years old, those who just retired and those who passed away, I guess that's you're 94 million not working.
The fact-checkers continue to remind conservatives that their assessment of the unemployment is wrong. It wouldn't matter, conservatives and Republicans are two feet in the manure.
Conservatives are boneheads. Of course, they're pitch is to cut government jobs. Ted Cruz would eliminate the IRS, meaning putting government workers on the street. Donald Trump wants to eliminate the Department of Education and Common Core. Once again, making students lack even more education, force religious theories upon non-religious students, and keep them in poorly funded schools.
They want to eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency which controls the water, air and soil. Seeing we're experience a crisis in Flint water supply, eliminating the EPA could make it harder to detect deadly chemicals and lead in the water.
They all want to repeal Obamacare. If they eliminate the healthcare law, then millions of newly registered and those with pre-determined conditions could lose their insurance. Their insurance rates will skyrocket and people will avoid hospitals. The Zika virus, Ebola, and the HIV virus are going to rise and we're going to have a pandemic.
President Barack Obama took the job rate from 10,9 to 4.8 in his years in office, Regardless of what his critics say, he's done a pretty damn good job getting Americans back to work. No thanks to the Republicans.
Win for the Obamas. They will do the Superbowl interview on Sunday.
In the month of January, the U.S. job market added 151,000 jobs, bringing the unemployment rate to 4.9% for the first time since February 2008 before the recession hit.
President Barack Obama has brought the economy back to the normal and yet he gets no credit from his Republican and conservative opposition. Of course, the ridiculous talking point of XX million Americans not working will once again come up in discussion.
They ignored the obvious factors to why such factors exist. They can't figure out that for ever 35 seconds there's birth and death. For every 50 seconds there's a person either getting hired, quitting their job or getting fired from a job. There's a lot of students attending full time college and high school. Some people declare their retirement. Some people were arrested for criminal acts.
It's a part of life that some conservatives fail to realize. That if 1/3 of the United States isn't working, how come the job rate is so freaking low. That means over 95% of Americans are actively working or in the search of finding jobs.
Jobs aplenty.
U.S. employment gains slowed more than expected in January as the boost to hiring from unseasonably mild weather faded, but surging wages and an unemployment rate at an eight-year low suggested the labor market recovery remains firm.
Data for November and December was revised to show 2,000 fewer jobs created than previously reported. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast employment increasing by 190,000 and the jobless rate steady at 5 percent.
Also taking the sting from the softer payrolls number, employers increased hours for workers. Manufacturing, which has been undermined by a strong dollar and weak global demand, added the most jobs since August 2013.
The sharp step-down in job gains from the fourth quarter's brisk clip largely reflected payback after the warmest temperatures in years bolstered hiring in weather-sensitive sectors like construction. January employment also lost the lift from the hiring of couriers and messengers, which was buoyed in November and December by strong online holiday sales.
But coming in the wake of an abrupt slowdown in economic growth in the fourth quarter and a sharp stock market sell-off, the closely watched employment report could add to concerns the U.S. economic outlook was deteriorating.
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen has said the economy needs to create just under 100,000 jobs a month to keep up with growth in the working age population.
Against the backdrop of tightening financial market conditions, the deceleration in employment growth could further undercut the case for a Fed interest rate hike in March. The U.S. central bank raised its short-term interest rate in December for the first time in nearly a decade.
The president delivers his last State of the Union. As he goes in, the unemployment rate is at 5%.
The jobs report for the month of December released some good news for the economy. The unemployment rate remains unchanged at 5%.
Looks like the economy is back on the right track despite the noise being churned by agitators in the conservative media saying that 1/3 of the United States not working.
94.3 million are not working. Of course, if you do the math, you actually would say that less than 10 million aren't working.
Because death happens everyday. Births happen everyday. Someone is incarcerated in the iron college. Someone just quit their job. Someone just got fired from their job. Someone retired from their job. Someone was just laid off from their job. Someone is going to school full time. Someone is attending high school. Someone is attending college. Someone is often homeless. Someone is disabled. Someone has given up on their job. Someone has changed majors. Someone got promoted.
And this is never mentioned by the agitators in the junk food media. Because it would be simple to tell half-truths instead of the actual truth.
President Barack Obama's policies are working.
Conservatives have often bitched about the unemployment numbers being fudged.
Inept leaders Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY). The House Speaker and Senate Majority Leader have pass a resolution to eliminate Obamacare. It will be vetoed by President Barack Obama.
The labor market ended 2015 on a roll as employers added a blockbuster 292,000 jobs last month, underscoring that the U.S. economy remains on solid footing despite weakness in China and this week’s brutal market selloff.
The unemployment rate was unchanged at 5%, the Labor Department said Friday.
Economists surveyed by Bloomberg expected 200,000 job gains, according to their median forecast.
Businesses added 275,000 jobs, led by professional and business services, healthcare and construction.. Federal, state and local governments added 17,000. In another positive sign, job gains for October and November were revised up by a total 50,000. October’s was upgraded to 307,000 from 298,000, and November’s, to 252,000 from 211,000.
“This jobs report is pretty reassuring that the slowdown in (fourth-quarter economic growth) is not a prelude to a flattening in the economy,” says Stuart Hoffman, chief economist of PNC Financial Services Group. “GDP growth is likely to speed up” next year.
Many economists expected the December tally to be somewhat inflated by unusually warm weather that could have spurred hiring by construction firms, restaurants and retailers. Construction, in fact, added 45,000 jobs last month and 128,000 in a fourth quarter characterized by generally balmy temperatures across much of the country. And restaurants and bars added 37,000 in December.
Still, the economy gained a healthy average of 221,000 jobs a month in 2015. In 2014 ,260,000 new jobs a month were created, though that marked a 15-year high.
Economists had said a weak showing in December could signal that the global turmoil was shaking business confidence and hiring. A similar scenario appeared to play out in August and September, when payroll growth slumped before rebounding strongly the next two months. Back then, reports about China’s economic slowdown sent stocks tumbling, as they have in recent days.
Other labor-market indicators, though, have been encouraging. Payroll processor ADP estimated that businesses added a better-than-expected 257,000 jobs in December and an index of service-sector activity showed a pickup in hiring. Initial jobless claims, a reliable barometer of layoffs, hovers at prerecession levels.
At the same time, measures of manufacturing employment, online job ads and auto sales declined last month, leading some analysts to predict that job growth slowed.
The final jobs report for the year comes out and it seems like President Barack Obama is smiling all the way. The unemployment rate remains unchanged but it did net over 211,000 jobs.
U.S. job growth increased solidly in November in a show of the economy's resilience, which most likely paves the way for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this month for the first time in nearly a decade.
Nonfarm payrolls increased 211,000 last month, the Labor Department said on Friday. September and October data was revised to show 35,000 more jobs than previously reported.
The unemployment rate held at a 7-1/2-year low of 5 percent, even as people returned to the labor force in a sign of confidence in the jobs market. The jobless rate is in a range many Fed officials see as consistent with full employment and has dropped seven-tenths of a percentage point this year.
Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen may raise the federal interest rate. She believe the government is healthy enough for the interest rate to increase to at least 4%.
Yellen said the economy needs to create just under 100,000 jobs a month to keep up with growth in the working age population.
The Fed's policy-setting committee will meet on Dec. 15-16. Market-based measures of Fed policy expectations assign a probability of 79.1 percent to the central bank's raising interest rates at that meeting, according to the CME Group’s FedWatch site.
The dollar extended gains against a basket of currencies, while prices for U.S. government bonds fell. U.S. stock futures extended gains.
The second month of strong job gains should allay fears the economy has hit a soft patch, after reports showing tepid consumer spending in October and a slowdown in services industry growth in November. Manufacturing contracted in November for the first time in three years.
Though wage growth slowed last month, economists say that was mostly payback for October's outsized gains, which were driven by a calendar quirk. Anecdotal evidence, as well as data on labor-related costs, suggest that tightening job market conditions are starting to put upward pressure on wages.
Average hourly earnings increased four cents, or 0.2 percent from 0.4 percent in October. That lowered the year-on-year reading to 2.3 percent from 2.5 percent in October. The average workweek, however, dipped to 34.5 hours from 34.6.
Other labor market measures that Fed officials are eyeing as they consider lifting the benchmark overnight interest rate from near zero were mixed.
The labor force participation rate, or the share of working-age Americans who are employed or at least looking for a job, rose to 62.5 percent from a near 38-year low of 62.4 percent.
But a broad measure of joblessness that includes people who want to work but have given up searching and those working part-time because they cannot find full-time employment rose one-tenth of a percentage point to 9.9 percent.
Employment gains in November were broad-based, though manufacturing shed 1,000 positions and mining lost 11,000 jobs.
Manufacturing has been crippled by a strong dollar, efforts by businesses to reduce bloated inventory and spending cuts by energy companies scaling back well drilling and exploration in response to sharply lower oil prices.
House Speaker Paul Ryan's (R-WI) first months as House Speaker have been so far "fair" to say at least.
Mining employment has declined by 123,000 since reaching a peak in December 2014. Three quarters of the job losses over this period have been in support activities for mining.
Oilfield services provider Schlumberger (SLB.N) this week announced another round of job cuts in addition to 20,000 layoffs already reported this year. The company said it expected the slowdown in drilling activity to continue in 2016.
Construction payrolls increased 46,000 last month. With 163,000 jobs added, the services sector accounted for the bulk of the increase in employment last month. Retail jobs rose 30,700 and transportation and warehousing employment rebounded after two straight months of declines.
Professional services added 27,000 jobs and government payrolls increased 14,000 last month.
Of course, the conservative agitators will not accept this good news. They keep repeating the debunked talking points that over 94.6 million people are unemployed.
And I will continue to tell you that 1/3 of the U.S. population is either in the iron college, attending high school or college, disabled, retired or dead.
Republicans have not passed any legislation to create jobs. They've shown the world that they're incapable of governing. They won power to just showboat their ignorant agenda.
Newsflash: We have mass shootings in the United States. People are dying because of gun violence everyday. Over 245,000 people have been killed by firearms. We have a large generation of retiring people. We are going through a baby boom. We are having more people quit their jobs in search of better jobs. We have people in college, high school, and vocational school. We have people on disability.
Demands for higher wages spread across the country.
Prices of food are rising. The average price of milk is $3.39 a gallon. The average price of eggs is $1.85 a dozen. The
The cost of shipping goods and services is rising.
The cost of living has went up.
The average rent for an apartment is $465 a month.
The insurance rates for home, auto and life has increased.
But Republicans think that it's Obama's fault because his policies aren't working. For one thing, his policies are either being blocked by the House or stalled by the Senate. Then every policy was met in the Supreme Court.
When Americans in the service industry demand $15/hour minimum wage, Republicans say that they shouldn't complain. Cause in the mind of Republicans, if we raise the minimum wage, it will destroy jobs. It will make longer term workers struggle even more. Cause the new hires will make more.
Companies will replace cashiers, greeters and underlings with machines. That's how conservatives think about the low wage worker.
When you hear Republicans and conservative agitators say that under President Barack Obama's leadership, 94 million Americans aren't working, 50 million in poverty and 47 million on food stamps, they say that it's a travesty.
When Republicans say that African American unemployment hasn't changed since Obama's been in office, I want to scream.
For over 50 years, African American unemployment has been practically stagnant at 24% in rational terms. It's been like this way before Obama's got into the White House.
The reasons to why there's unemployment by rational terms.
1) DEATH
2) RETIREMENT
3) QUITTING JOB
4) TERMINATED FROM JOB
5) GOING OUT OF BUSINESS
If an act of nature or man destroys a part of your life, then I guess you're screwed. If these Republicans becomes the president, their policies will not advocate for the safety net. No food stamps. No welfare assistance. No disaster relief.
You worked for years at a company and you still makes below $23,000 a year. You get a wage increase after working over 800 hours a year, and still have trouble paying the bills. I guess if you're looking forward to relief, then you're screwed. Republicans refuse to raise the minimum wage.
I agree that raising the minimum wage will leave an after effect. The after effect would usually be long term workers being upset that they don't get a cost of living adjustment. The new hire gets just about the same rate a longer term worker earned. That's not fair.
So if they get hired at $15/hour, then the long term workers should make $20/hour.
Anyway, there was a massive walkout at many fast food restaurants in 270 cities across the country.
Many are demanding Congress raise the minimum wage so things could be affordable.
Republicans have already slammed the notion of raising the minimum wage. Of course, it's a part of the never ending campaign to win the primaries.
I've stated this so many times. The safety net includes social security, disability, food stamps, farm aid, Medicare, Medicaid, and welfare.
The middle class, lower class and those who are too poor are the core of the safety net.
With the rising food and gas prices, people are turning to food stamps, food banks and government assistance to keep themselves from landing in the homeless shelter.
Without a safety net, these people will rob and kill those who have the luxuries of having food in the refrigerator or in the pantry. They would steal fuel, water, bread and meat to keep feeding their families. And yet, these Republicans and their conservative allies are thinking the poor are the reasons for the economic recession. Perhaps those who complain about the poor, should walk a day in that person's shoes!
The Republican Party and its allies in the conservative movement are heartless when it comes to the lower and middle class. In their warped minds, the lower class and those who are too poor are stealing from the taxpayers by accepting food stamps, disability, welfare, disaster relief, student grants and other necessaries.
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) in 2010 meets with President Barack Obama.
Well it seems like the ney sayers will have an opportunity to debate the October jobs numbers.
It seems like House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will have to find some reason to attack the president for 95 million people not working.
Conservatives are fucking stupid. They seem to be fixated on this notion that 95 million people not working. If 95 million people aren't working, then 1/3 of the nation isn't working.
So that means over a third of 320 million Americans are determined to be lazy gubmint leeches right?
Nevermind the incarcerated, the disabled, the retired, the underage, those attending college and the dead. Nevermind those who felt confident to quit their jobs. Nevermind those who were laid off, fired, or temporarily hired for a selective period.
To spread a misleading statement as fact is the reason to why Ben Carson and Donald Trump in the lead. That helped Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) gain momentum.
Anyway, the unemployment drops to 5 percent after it was revealed 271,000 jobs were recorded for the month of October.
This strong jobs report may push Janet Yellen, the Federal Reverse chief to push the interest rate up.
Employment gains in October were broad-based, though manufacturing added no jobs and mining shed 4,000 positions.
Manufacturing has been hit by a strong dollar, efforts by businesses to reduce bloated inventory and spending cuts by energy companies cutting back on well drilling and exploration in response to lower oil prices.
Mining employment has declined by 109,000 since peaking in December 2014. Oilfield services provider Schlumberger last month announced further layoffs in addition to the 20,000 jobs it has already eliminated.
Construction payrolls, however, increased 31,000 last month, the biggest gain since February.
The services sector added 241,000 jobs last month, with large gains in retail, health and leisure. Government payrolls increased 3,000 last month.
It seems like the president and Secretary of State John Kerry will also reject the building of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. TransCanada put a lot of influence in the Congress. They were bidding for lawmakers to support the measure. Many Republicans claim the pipeline will create 30,000 jobs. Many Democrats said that tar sand oil could be dangerous to the environment.
Republican passed a bill supporting the pipeline. The president swiftly vetoed the bill and it died.
The pipeline would cut through a lot of properties. A lot of people have to lose land due to government seizure of land.
What could happen if there's an earthquake and the pipeline is ruptured?
Once the pipeline is completed, how many jobs will it take to work on the pipeline?
The Justin Trudeau effect helped a lot.
Trudeau who won the Canadian national elections to become the next prime minister. He opposes the Keystone XL pipeline.
The country's tightest controlled lockup. ADX Florence is a federal time out that harbors the most dangerous criminals the world deem an international threat to society. The GITMO detainees may end up here. Same with El Chapo.
A tiny peninsula of Cuba is under U.S. jurisdiction. Guantanamo Bay Naval Base is a U.S. Air and Naval base located in southeastern corner of Cuba.
That military base is under intense controversy. The base is home to a handful of foreign terrorists held at the naval prison.
In President Barack Obama's first term he issued an executive order to have detainees held in federal time out. The Republicans and spineless Democrats in Congress bitched and bemoaned about the danger these detainees posed and stopped in its tracks.
Less than 120 men are located at this federal lock up. The U.N. and many nations condemn this as a unlawful detainment of innocents.
Many of the detainees were planners for the September 11, 2001 attacks. Some are members of the Taliban and Iraq's insurgency.
Well there's talk that if GITMO closes the detainees may head to Florence, CO for federal time out.
Florence is the Supermax federal time out. It's the nation's most toughest iron college. It's considered the Alcatraz of the Rockies. This place holds most notorious criminals and terrorists the government deem too much of burden in public.
Congress will have to change the law before the inmates can be housed in a federal time out.
We'll see how this goes! After all, the inept Republican Congress fears man. They can't allow the families the opportunities to see justice. T
Looks like the economy is stalling again. With China's economy stalling, global markets have seen a decrease in progress. China's economy is big enough to take everyone down.
U.S. employers added only 142,000 jobs in September keeping the unemployment rate stalled at 5.1%. That release closes out the Summer. Showing that a weak jobs report will result in the usual partisan blame game.
Weak job numbers assure conservatives the talking points saying President Barack Obama's policies have the country going in the wrong direction. Weak job numbers assure liberals the talking points saying the Republican controlled Congress have the country going in the wrong direction.
Average hourly earnings up just 2.2 percent from last year.
Employers decided to halt hiring causing a ripple effect on the economy. For the last two months, wages and hiring fell raising doubts on the economy. Is it strong enough?
With the service and manufacturing industry cutting hours and positions, many are finding it harder to obtain a better job.
Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA), Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
U.S. factories are feeling the global chill and shed 9,000 jobs in September after losing 18,000 in August, according to the Labor Department's survey of employers.
The recent pace of job growth should have been enough to push the unemployment rate lower because only around 100,000 new jobs are needed a month to keep up with population growth.
But the jobless rate held steady at 5.1 percent. The unemployment rate is derived from a separate survey of households that showed 350,000 workers dropping out of the labor force last month, as well as a lower level of employment.
Average hourly wages fell by a cent to $25.09 during the month and were up only 2.2 percent from the same month in 2014, pointing to marginal inflationary pressures.
