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Old 03-10-2017, 08:11 AM
 
Location: Long Island
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Actual number is 235K. Pretty typical for February. It's been over 200K the last few years at least - close to 300K in 2015.

US created 235,000 jobs in Feb, vs 190,000 expected
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Old 03-10-2017, 08:12 AM
 
Location: SoCal
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The international media notices the USA becoming great again as we exit Obamas job killing Socialism!

Trump's first full month brings massive employment boom | Daily Mail Online
I agree, the key is expectation was a lot lower.
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Old 03-10-2017, 08:13 AM
 
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Some people are even unable to comprehend basic statistics

Year over year employment growth (in thousands) for the month of February:

2007: + 2,485
2008: + 71
2009: - 4,445
2010: - 2,902
2011: + 890
2012: + 2,591
2013: + 1,544
2014: + 1,906
2015: + 2,984
2016: + 2,942
2017: + 1,534

Employment growth in February this year was the weakest since February 2011.

Has this weak employment growth something to do with Trump? No. The problem is that the "Current Employment Statistics (CES)" from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is rather a joke than a reliable statistic. Most likely that employment growth in 2015 and 2016 was overstated.
The problem with this is that supposedly we were already at "full employment" level. So how can so many jobs be created when we are already at full employment level. The answer is that many Americans are still out of work despite what the Obama administration wanted you to believe.
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Old 03-10-2017, 08:15 AM
 
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It doesn't matter, does it? Trump still did much more in just a few months than Obama did in 8 years Also don't forget these are real jobs not the kind we had under Obama. This much transparency was never there
BO had the longest consecutive months of job growth in the history of the country (71) when he left the Presidency in January. In addition, he created 10,800,000 jobs during his 8 years in office despite inheriting a crushing recession brought on by the repubs.

So 235,000 is OK but keep in mind Donny is still riding the momentum of what BO started and shouldn't be taking credit for something he has nothing to do with. In addition guess what the job number was for February 2016 - wait for it - 235,000 - so again no improvement.

When Donny get's within sniffing distance of BO's record of job creation - get back to me. I'll be waiting!
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Old 03-10-2017, 08:17 AM
 
Location: City Data Land
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Trump created these jobs how exactly? Oh yeah; Twitter was forced to hire an additional 235,000 employees to delete all his false, vulgar, and profane posts he's tweeted every weekend from Mar-a-Lago.
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Old 03-10-2017, 08:19 AM
 
Location: Florida
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The international media notices the USA becoming great again as we exit Obamas job killing Socialism!

Trump's first full month brings massive employment boom | Daily Mail Online
The real number is 235K, less than what was added last year February, and a heck of lot less than what was added on Feb 2015.

Sadly Trumps gain is less than half of the 500K per month what he promised on the campaign trail.

Now his promise has been revised to about 250K per month, which is weird, because he called such gain pathetic when Obama scored 250-300.
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Old 03-10-2017, 08:19 AM
 
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BO had the longest consecutive months of job growth in the history of the country (71) when he left the Presidency in January. In addition, he created 10,800,000 jobs during his 8 years in office despite inheriting a crushing recession brought on by the repubs.

So 235,000 is OK but keep in mind Donny is still riding the momentum of what BO started and shouldn't be taking credit for something he has nothing to do with. In addition guess what the job number was for February 2016 - wait for it - 235,000 - so again no improvement.

When Donny get's within sniffing distance of BO's record of job creation - get back to me. I'll be waiting!
Maybe that's because he came into office during a dire recession where millions lost their jobs. The jobs market couldn't go anywhere but up despite who the president was.
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Old 03-10-2017, 08:25 AM
 
Location: alexandria, VA
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Maybe that's because he came into office during a dire recession where millions lost their jobs. The jobs market couldn't go anywhere but up despite who the president was.
Or stay flat for several years as in the great depression of the 1930s. Hell, I'm right of center and I'm willing to give Obama some credit for turning the economy around. The jury is still out on Trump.
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Old 03-10-2017, 08:25 AM
 
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Maybe that's because he came into office during a dire recession where millions lost their jobs. The jobs market couldn't go anywhere but up despite who the president was.
The proof is in the pudding. Federal Reserve unable to raise rates for years. Now they finally can raise rate.
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Old 03-10-2017, 08:30 AM
 
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Or stay flat for several years as in the great depression of the 1930s. Hell, I'm right of center and I'm willing to give Obama some credit for turning the economy around. The jury is still out on Trump.
After every recession jobs always come back, slowly at first and then much more quickly. It's a cycle that happens over and over again. A depression is an entirely different animal.
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