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Old 11-27-2011, 07:27 PM
 
Location: Upper St. Clair
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Things are not good, most people are holding onto their money...people with jobs are being smart...companies are folding up and going elsewhere or bankrupt...people who do spend most often use plastic...I hate crowded malls, I stay home...from what I read, its not good!
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Old 11-27-2011, 07:37 PM
 
Location: Upper St. Clair
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I love the cowardly way someone throws out a negative comment to me in a private message but don't post who they are, tells me all I need to know about them lol!
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Old 11-27-2011, 07:52 PM
 
Location: North Oakland
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I love the cowardly way someone throws out a negative comment to me in a private message but don't post who they are, tells me all I need to know about them lol!
Isn't their name on the PM?
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Old 11-27-2011, 09:59 PM
 
Location: ɥbɹnqsʇʇıd
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Isn't their name on the PM?
Might be the dreaded "mysterious rep point insult". I have like 5 of them.
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Old 11-27-2011, 10:34 PM
 
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Things are not good, most people are holding onto their money...people with jobs are being smart...companies are folding up and going elsewhere or bankrupt...people who do spend most often use plastic...I hate crowded malls, I stay home...from what I read, its not good!
Sales were up 7% over last year & the biggest increase since 2007 so things must be improving.
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Old 11-28-2011, 05:08 AM
 
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Sales were up 7% over last year & the biggest increase since 2007 so things must be improving.
Yep, this was a promising Black Friday from a macroeconomic perspective. The trick is getting that increase in retail sales to turn into an increase in employment.
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Old 11-28-2011, 06:05 AM
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Just fyi, if you receive a "mysterious rep point insult" and contact me about it, I will step in. We don't tolerate personal attack, whether in posts, in DMs or in rep comments.

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Old 11-28-2011, 07:58 AM
 
Location: Upper St. Clair
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Thank you Yac Yes, there was no name attached.
A 7 percent increase in Christmas sales for a day or two does not mean that things are getting better, it just means that people went out and got another plastic card? how can things be improving? How many are not working in our country? How many live with their family and/or friends and are REALLY homeless? How many are -using - and maybe even -abusing - their unemployment? ALOT!
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Old 11-28-2011, 08:24 AM
 
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Real personal income minus current transfer receipts (so not including things like unemployment payments or welfare) has been flat in the middle of 2011, but it is still up considerably since this point in 2010:



Generally, if you have a job, things have likely been improving for you. It is an ongoing problem that too many people don't have jobs, but unemployment has decreased over the last year. The headline unemployment rate was 9.7% in October 2010, and was 9.0% in October 2011. If you prefer broader measures, U6 was 17.0% in October 2010, and was 16.2% in October 2011. Source:

Table A-15. Alternative measures of labor underutilization

So things did indeed get better over the last year--at a frustratingly slow and inconsistent pace, but the year-over-year trends are nonetheless positive.
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Old 11-28-2011, 09:24 AM
 
Location: North Oakland
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Might be the dreaded "mysterious rep point insult". I have like 5 of them.
We can give negative points? How?
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