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NoMoreRepugs

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12. 260million+ US citizens over 18 years old and these anemic employment reports dont increase the unemployment rate?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Wed Feb 4, 2026, 03:00 PM

7 hrs ago

From the Bureau of Labor statistics when I inquired on the Biden employment picture -

"16 million jobs created under the Biden-Harris administration. While job growth came in below expectations, with an average of 170,000 jobs added per month over the last three months, the American economy is still the envy of the world. ..."

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Private payrolls rose by just 22,000 in January, far short of expectations, ADP says [View all] BumRushDaShow 14 hrs ago OP

ICE hires. twodogsbarking 13 hrs ago #1

Those wouldn't be reflected in that report BumRushDaShow 13 hrs ago #2

yeah twodogsbarking 13 hrs ago #3

Will be interesting to see the next "JOLTS (Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey" ) from BLS BumRushDaShow 13 hrs ago #4

Can it be trusted in the Trump era? rurallib 11 hrs ago #6

Amazing how disengaged the stock market is from the Economy edhopper 11 hrs ago #5

It is what the ruling class wants apparently hibbing 8 hrs ago #9

Its a bubble edhopper 7 hrs ago #11

it's almost like it was tailor-made for.....rich people Skittles 7 hrs ago #13

From the source: progree 10 hrs ago #7

k and r riversedge 9 hrs ago #8

Who are you going to believe? Moostache 7 hrs ago #10

260million+ US citizens over 18 years old and these anemic employment reports dont increase the unemployment rate? NoMoreRepugs 7 hrs ago #12

Joe's numbers for January 2023 were smoking mahina 5 hrs ago #14

Seasonal adjustment turned a 2.171 Million job loss into a 22,000 gain. progree 4 hrs ago #15

Labor Department announces jobs report release date after shutdown delay progree 3 hrs ago #16