200,000 Jobs Added In December, Unemployment to 8.5%

[klunderbunker]

http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/06/10002777-hiring-gained-traction-in-december

And the GOP curses amongst themselves.

 

[Remix]

The joys of the festive period.

 

[Davi323]

And how many people dropped out of the unemployment figures because they stopped looking? You do realize that people who no longer qualify for unemployment or have quit looking don't count, right? The real unemployment numbers are significantly higher than 8.5%.

The closely watched employment report will likely cement views that economic growth accelerated in the fourth quarter after a tepid performance in the first nine months of 2011. However, the pace of job creation remains too slow to signal a robust economic recovery is finally under way.

The economy would need even faster job growth over a sustained period to make a noticeable dent in the pool of 24.4 million Americans who remain either out of work or underemployed 2-1/2 years after the end of the 2007-09 recession.

Unemployment was 7.8 percent when Obama took office in January 2009.

No cursing. Just a big fat YAWN.

 

[Kermit]

Déjà vu.

 

[One Punch Doug Crashin]

I call bullshit