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  • Newman
    Behind the Iron Curtain
    • Friday, November 1, 2013
    • 25814
    #1

    Private Payrolls Jump 291,000 in January

    In the tumult of the last few days this headline seem to slipped below the radar, as they say.
    Businesses in the United States added 291,000 workers to private payrolls, according to a report Wednesday from ADP and Moody’s Analytics.

    The figure represents the strongest gain in five years and was far above the 150,000 forecast.
    Certainly things are popping here in southwest Florida. We had guests for the last several days, and they remarked on the ongoing construction everywhere. Someday it will top out. These things do. (They had topped out when we bought our house in 2008. Many construction sites lay vacant for years.) But right now interest rates are low, funding is ample, demand is rising.
    This suggests hiring was especially strong in December, which was revised down 3,000 to a still solid 199,000.

    Through much of the country, January was unusually warm and mild, which likely boosted hiring in some sectors, such as leisure and hospitality and construction. Leisure and hospitality added 96,000 jobs in the month. Construction added 47,000, according to ADP/Moody’s.

    Manufacturing, where hiring was weak for much of last year, added 10,000, the most since February 2019.
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    • 80zephyr
      Senior Member
      • Saturday, January 3, 2015
      • 19074
      #2
      This is what happens when the government doesn't actively work against you.

      Mark
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        • Billy Jingo
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          • Wednesday, October 2, 2013
          • 18663
          #3
          Texas has a construction worker shortage right now. Construction companies are hoping the slowdown in the oil and gas industry might alleviate some of that pressure.
          “One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this.”

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            • 80zephyr
              Senior Member
              • Saturday, January 3, 2015
              • 19074
              #4
              Originally posted by Billy Jingo View Post
              Texas has a construction worker shortage right now. Construction companies are hoping the slowdown in the oil and gas industry might alleviate some of that pressure.
              Hopefully in November we can elect a Democrat to help alleviate the worker shortage.

              Lol.

              Mark
              Race Card: A tool of the intellectually weak and lazy when they cannot counter a logical argument or factual data.

              "Liberals have to stop insisting that the world is what they want it to be instead of the way it is." - Bill Maher

              Political correctness is ideological fascism. It’s the antithesis of freedom. Dr. Piper

              Gender is not a "Social Construct", it is an outgrowth of biological reality.

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                • Newman
                  Behind the Iron Curtain
                  • Friday, November 1, 2013
                  • 25814
                  #5
                  Originally posted by 80zephyr View Post
                  Hopefully in November we can elect a Democrat to help alleviate the worker shortage.

                  Lol.

                  Mark
                  Hopefully after November there will be a fair number of Democrats available for employment in the private sector.
                  • "I'm a hell of a lot smarter than most of you guys." — Joe Biden, at Jesse Jackson's funeral, March 2026.​
                  • "That's all I do in my life. I make deals. I'm really good at it." — President Donald Trump, Oct. 13, 2025.
                  • “Inside every progressive is a totalitarian screaming to get out,” — David Horowitz.
                  • "We [Democrats] are all willing to work with anyone who is serious about doing the work of censoring the American people, and advancing progress."​ — Ayanna Pressley, explaining progressives.
                  • ​​"Florida is where Woke goes to die." — Ron DeSantis.
                  • "No one is above the law, and everyone has the right to a trial to prove innocence." — Nancy Pelosi, explaining Lawfare.
                  • “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety”​— Ben Franklin, who got it right.
                  • "The way I see it, there's always, c'mon, there's always money. It's there." — Elizabeth Warren, explaining socialism.
                  • "The interesting thing about the Green New Deal is it wasn't originally a climate thing at all.... We really think of it as a how-do-you-change-the-entire-economy thing." — Saikat Chakrabarti, then AOC's Chief of Staff.

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                    • scott
                      Go-to Guru
                      • Tuesday, October 1, 2013
                      • 15799
                      #6
                      Originally posted by 80zephyr View Post
                      Hopefully in November we can elect a Democrat to help alleviate the worker shortage.

                      Lol.

                      Mark
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                        • Newman
                          Behind the Iron Curtain
                          • Friday, November 1, 2013
                          • 25814
                          #7
                          Official numbers this morning.

                          January jobs report: Economy adds 225,000 payrolls, unemployment rate ticks up to 3.6%
                          Here were the main metrics from the Department of Labor’s January jobs report, compared to consensus expectations compiled by Bloomberg:
                          • Change in nonfarm payrolls: +225,000 vs. +165,000 expected and +147,000 in December
                          • Unemployment rate: 3.6% vs. 3.5% expected and 3.5% in December
                          • Average hourly earnings month on month: +0.2% vs. +0.3% expected and +0.1% in December
                          • Average hourly earnings year on year: +3.1% vs. +3.0% expected and +3.0% in December

                          The January jobs report also included upward revisions to each of November’s and December’s non-farm payrolls figures. November’s payrolls were upwardly revised by 5,000 to 261,000, while December’s were upwardly revised by 2,000 to 147,000. These changes raised the three-month average for job gains to 211,000.

                          Beneath the headline results, the labor force participation rate rose to 63.4%, or the highest level since 2013, from 63.2% in December. A higher labor force participation rate indicates a greater proportion of the working-age population is working or actively seeking employment.
                          • "I'm a hell of a lot smarter than most of you guys." — Joe Biden, at Jesse Jackson's funeral, March 2026.​
                          • "That's all I do in my life. I make deals. I'm really good at it." — President Donald Trump, Oct. 13, 2025.
                          • “Inside every progressive is a totalitarian screaming to get out,” — David Horowitz.
                          • "We [Democrats] are all willing to work with anyone who is serious about doing the work of censoring the American people, and advancing progress."​ — Ayanna Pressley, explaining progressives.
                          • ​​"Florida is where Woke goes to die." — Ron DeSantis.
                          • "No one is above the law, and everyone has the right to a trial to prove innocence." — Nancy Pelosi, explaining Lawfare.
                          • “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety”​— Ben Franklin, who got it right.
                          • "The way I see it, there's always, c'mon, there's always money. It's there." — Elizabeth Warren, explaining socialism.
                          • "The interesting thing about the Green New Deal is it wasn't originally a climate thing at all.... We really think of it as a how-do-you-change-the-entire-economy thing." — Saikat Chakrabarti, then AOC's Chief of Staff.

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