Only 54,000 Jobs Added While Jobless Rate Climbs

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From the goofy right wing Huffington Post:

www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/03/jobs-report-may-unemployed-jobless_n_870786.html

(Note AGAIN the use of "less than expected" )

WASHINGTON (Lucia Mutikani) - Employment rose far less than expected in May to record its weakest reading since September, while the jobless rate rose to 9.1 percent as high energy prices and the effects of Japan's earthquake bogged down the economy.

Nonfarm payrolls increased 54,000 last month, the Labor Department said on Friday, with private employment rising 83,000, the least amount since June. Government payrolls dropped 29,000.

Economists polled by Reuters had expected payrolls to rise 150,000 and private hiring to increase 175,000 in May. The government revised employment figures for March and April to show 39,000 fewer jobs created than previously estimated.

The job creation slowdown confirmed the economic weakness already flagged by other data from consumer spending to manufacturing. It could stoke fears about the depth and duration of a slowdown that started early in the year.

[Savoir Faire-Demogague in NJ]

At least we have employment growth in govt. I just cannot wait for Obamacare to kick in and 15,000 IRS agents are hired to enforce the regulations.
But I digress.

[floridayankee]

Jun 3, 2011 12:31:49 GMT -5 Savoir Faire-Demogague in NJ said:

At least we have employment growth in govt. I just cannot wait for Obamacare to kick in and 15,000 IRS agents are hired to enforce the regulations.
But I digress.

How does "Government payrolls dropped 29,000" equate to employment growth in government?

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Jun 3, 2011 13:07:37 GMT -5 floridayankee said:

Jun 3, 2011 12:31:49 GMT -5 Savoir Faire-Demogague in NJ said:

At least we have employment growth in govt. I just cannot wait for Obamacare to kick in and 15,000 IRS agents are hired to enforce the regulations.
But I digress.

How does "Government payrolls dropped 29,000" equate to employment growth in government?

I would imagine that is in reference to the 590,000 new federal workers added since Obama took office in 2009?

[hello fromWarsaw]

Sure, just make stuff up...oh, Fox did...

Great to see how the gloom and doom and "NO!" 24/7/365 has worked...a great victory for mega rich anything to get power mega rich piggies- However, throw in kill Medicare and cut taxes for the rich, and you get classic over reach...Obama 54%, whoever 46%

[reasonfreedom]

Jun 3, 2011 13:39:22 GMT -5 hello fromWarsaw said:

Sure, just make stuff up...oh, Fox did...

Great to see how the gloom and doom and "NO!" 24/7/365 has worked...a great victory for mega rich anything to get power mega rich piggies- However, throw in kill Medicare and cut taxes for the rich, and you get classic over reach...Obama 54%, whoever 46%

once again, HUH?

[handyman2]

Add in all those college grads just out of school and the unemployment probably rose by close to a million or so.

[hello fromWarsaw]

I see the Pubs have offered ZERO jobs bills but filibustered all the Dem ones...funny thing ;D