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Misty » 07 Oct 2017 1:22 pm » wrote: Try this on for size.

US lost 33,000 jobs in Sept, vs 90,000 jobs increase expected.
This is the first time the U.S. economy has lost jobs since September 2010 – seven years ago.

Try this on for size:

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/empsit.pdf

The unemployment rate decreased by 0.2 percentage point to 4.2 percent in September, and the number of unemployed persons declined by 331,000 to 6.8 million. Both measures were down over the year. (See table A-1.)

Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (3.9 percent) and Blacks (7.0 percent) declined in September. The jobless rates for adult women (3.9 percent), teenagers (12.9 percent), Whites (3.7 percent), Asians (3.7 percent), and Hispanics (5.1 percent) showed little change. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.)


Employment in food services and drinking places dropped sharply in September (-105,000), as many workers were off payrolls due to the recent hurricanes. Over the prior 12 months, food services and drinking places had added an average of 24,000 jobs per month.

In September, health care added 23,000 jobs, in line with its average monthly gain over the prior 12 months (+27,000). The employment increase in ambulatory health care services (+25,000) was partially offset by a decline in nursing care facilities (-9,000).

Employment in transportation and warehousing increased by 22,000 in September. Job gains occurred in warehousing and storage (+5,000), couriers and messengers (+4,000), and air transportation (+3,000).

Not from the link

Additionally, you will begin to see the uptick from retail/logistics for the holidays that we see every year. The trump supporters will celebrate, the lefties will point out it is the holidays. It may be a little lower due to the brick and mortar stores losing out to excommunicate. Feb will probably tell the tale.

And keep in mind many of the seasonal hires will probably be 29ers.