[EasySkankin]

Originally Posted by jawstheme

How many of those jobs were temporary for the holiday rush?

Exactly.

[David87]

Originally Posted by jawstheme

How many of those jobs were temporary for the holiday rush?

Usually when unemployment numbers are calculated, they account for that stuff before coming up with the final number....I think

[mattyrocks]

negative nancies.

[Scrandon]

Originally Posted by mattyrocks

negative nancies.

I know right? 300,000 is pretty good no matter how you spin it.

[mattyrocks]

Economy Gains Steam as 200,000 New Jobs Added.

thats a lot of seasonal jobs...

[loveisdead]

Originally Posted by mattyrocks

Economy Gains Steam as 200,000 New Jobs Added.

thats a lot of seasonal jobs...

Most of the jobs were outside retail. A lot of manufacturing and health care jobs.

[jawstheme]

I was seriously asking because I didn't find the answer in the article. It was a job report in December. Wasn't trying to be a "negative nancy." I obviously want to see job growth.

[mattyrocks]

Originally Posted by loveisdead

Most of the jobs were outside retail. A lot of manufacturing and health care jobs.

yeah i know.

i was being sarcastic.

Originally Posted by jawstheme

I was seriously asking because I didn't find the answer in the article. It was a job report in December. Wasn't trying to be a "negative nancy." I obviously want to see job growth.

fair enough.

[mattyrocks]

Quote:

“It is impossible to buy a toaster that has a one-in-five chance of bursting into flames and burning down your house,” Warren wrote in the journal Democracy in 2007. “But it is possible to refinance an existing home with a mortgage that has the same one-in-five chance of putting the family out on the street -- and the mortgage won't even carry a disclosure of that fact to the homeowner.”

bloomberg.

[Jake Gyllenhaal]

Thought this was interesting... actress/singer Zooey Deschanel, despite her recent divorce, is a model celebrity when it comes to personal finances.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/zooey-...r-pennies.html

[mattyrocks]

keeping a positive note...

Quote:

America's retailers enjoyed a record 2011 and their first $400 billion sales months ever.

via.

[mattyrocks]

job growth surges, jobless rate drops down to 8.3 percent.

reuters.

[Ferrari333SP]

Originally Posted by mattyrocks

job growth surges, jobless rate drops down to 8.3 percent.

reuters.

Becoming harder and harder for conservatives to attack the president about lack of job growth in the country. Hopefully this drop in the unemployment rate continues to drop and our economy overall continues to recover.

[Mitch]

http://www.cnbc.com/id/46251590

[Zeran]

things looking a bit better every month...