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In reply to the discussion: January jobs report: Payrolls jump by 467,000 as unemployment rate rises to 4.0% [View all]mahatmakanejeeves
(57,689 posts)4. Good morning. The Post was pretty quick about getting that online.
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They probably had a better analysis of the impact of COVID-19 than McCormick did.
Hat tip to you and them
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Now I have to sit back and wait for the complaints about Emily McCormick's uncharacteristically exuberant ( "Payrolls jump" ) language.
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January jobs report: Payrolls jump by 467,000 as unemployment rate rises to 4.0% [View all]
mahatmakanejeeves
Feb 2022
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Here are this morning's banner and the article Emily McCormick posted yesterday afternoon.
mahatmakanejeeves
Feb 2022
#1
NYT: "added." WaPo: "added." Emily McCormick: "Payrolls jump." Clear case of media bias.
mahatmakanejeeves
Feb 2022
#18
This story has a bar graph of month by month before and after the annual revisions
progree
Feb 2022
#29
I think it all reflects other things that get reported but are not being connected for some reason
BumRushDaShow
Feb 2022
#30
"Was considering trying to format the text to attempt to force it into a table, but gave up"
progree
Feb 2022
#31
They didn't expect this at all, and all week the media was primed to pounce on Biden and the
JohnSJ
Feb 2022
#15
The media was drooling all week with anticipation that they would able be able to slam Biden and the
JohnSJ
Feb 2022
#13
Here is a link to the crowd pushing the "sky is falling" talking points:
mahatmakanejeeves
Feb 2022
#16
All the expert financial analysts were pushing that before the administration did though
JohnSJ
Feb 2022
#25
If there earlier citations for the expression of that thought, this search term should find them:
mahatmakanejeeves
Feb 2022
#38
It was on Bloomberg surveillance all last week where the anchor Jonathan Ferro and other guests
JohnSJ
Feb 2022
#39
Thank you for that. Can you find a gloomy prediction that predates Psaki's Monday afternoon
mahatmakanejeeves
Feb 2022
#40
Good morning to you to mahatmakanejeeves. I enjoy the informative economic data that you present
JohnSJ
Feb 2022
#41
It's the replies -- yours included -- that really make the thread what it is. NT
mahatmakanejeeves
Feb 2022
#44
I always view jobs reports with suspicion because they rare say what kind of jobs they are
AZLD4Candidate
Feb 2022
#24
At least that is what I saw in the President's presentation on the jobs report numbers today
JohnSJ
Feb 2022
#28
Job growth under President Biden is so high that even Chachi is on TV again.
mahatmakanejeeves
Feb 2022
#36