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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(134,008 posts)
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 08:32 PM 6 hrs ago

'We have to revise our expectations': White House downplays coming jobs report

A much-anticipated labor market update isn't due out until Wednesday morning, but the White House is already working to temper expectations.

Members of President Trump's team have offered multiple warnings that employment gains may disappoint Wall Street and have tried to downplay what a miss might indicate about the state of the US economy.

"One shouldn't panic," National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett told CNBC on Monday in a clear message to investors. "You should expect slightly smaller job numbers."

But he said the results may not be a sign of broader trouble, explaining the potentially smaller numbers as a combination of a "productivity boom" and "a pretty big decline in the labor force because of illegals leaving the country."



https://finance.yahoo.com/news/we-have-to-revise-our-expectations-white-house-downplays-coming-jobs-report-200406607.html

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'We have to revise our expectations': White House downplays coming jobs report (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 6 hrs ago OP
Who is the marmalade shartcannon going to blame? Brother Buzz 6 hrs ago #1
Everyone but himself, even though he pretty much said he owned the economy sakabatou 6 hrs ago #2
My Magic 8 Ball totally agrees with you Brother Buzz 6 hrs ago #3
"We have to revise our expectations" because we took a wrecking ball to our economy Deuxcents 6 hrs ago #4
"Vote Trump and your incomes will soar. Your net worth will skyrocket. Your energy costs and grocery prices will dalton99a 5 hrs ago #5
They're blaming their deportations?! Qutzupalotl 5 hrs ago #6

dalton99a

(92,884 posts)
5. "Vote Trump and your incomes will soar. Your net worth will skyrocket. Your energy costs and grocery prices will
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:08 PM
5 hrs ago
come tumbling down."

- Donald Trump in Indiana PA, Sept. 23, 2024

Qutzupalotl

(15,749 posts)
6. They're blaming their deportations?!
Tue Feb 10, 2026, 09:34 PM
5 hrs ago

Have they deported a million people? I don’t think so.

Anyway, wouldn’t removing workers create job OPENINGS?

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