US adds 142.000 jobs in August, UE-rate drops by 0.1%

[Tender Branson]

The US economy added 142,000 jobs in August, latest figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics reveal, missing expectations.

The unemployment rate dipped to 6.1% from 6.2% in July.

The world's largest economy had been averaging a monthly jobs gain of 212,000 in the previous 12 months.

Part of the sluggish jobs growth was attributed to a loss of 17,000 food and beverage jobs as a result of a supermarket store strike.

Thousands of employees of the Market Basket chain of supermarkets in the northeastern US had gone on strike in July to protest the firing of their boss. The dispute was resolved late last week.

US markets did not react strongly to the news, with all three indexes dipping just slightly lower in early morning trading in New York.

http://www.bbc.com/news/business-29082084

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

Striking workers is always a good thing!  And 142,000 jobs still!?

God bless you President Obama for giving America a new kind of Occupation Elation! 

[AggregateDemand]

Striking workers is always a good thing!  And 142,000 jobs still!?

God bless you President Obama for giving America a new kind of Occupation Elation! 

If you paid $100,000 for a Toyota Corolla, you'd be furious. Obama has delivered a mediocre economy for about $7T.

It's better than a poke in the eye, but that's not saying much.

[King]

That's a load of bull and you know it. Most of that spending would've happened with or without the 2008 crash. He didn't add it. Most of our debt growth came from the crash of tax revenues by the crash of incomes than spending on stimulus packages.

For your analogy, we paid $100,000 for a Toyota Corolla in that we paid $15,000 for Toyota Corolla and also $85,000 of rent, food, utilities, existing credit card debt, and other bills to pay

[AggregateDemand]

That's a load of bull and you know it. Most of that spending would've happened with or without the 2008 crash. He didn't add it. Most of our debt growth came from the crash of tax revenues by the crash of incomes than spending on stimulus packages.

For your analogy, we paid $100,000 for a Toyota Corolla in that we paid $15,000 for Toyota Corolla and also $85,000 of rent, food, utilities, existing credit card debt, and other bills to pay

At least try to make it appear less obvious that you've never looked at a federal budget or a public debt projection.

[Landslide Lyndon]

At least try to make it appear less obvious that you've never looked at a federal budget or a public debt projection.

Well, at least you are trying your best, God bless you.

[Bojack Horseman]

Striking workers is always a good thing!  And 142,000 jobs still!?

God bless you President Obama for giving America a new kind of Occupation Elation! 

If you paid $100,000 for a Toyota Corolla, you'd be furious. Obama has delivered a mediocre economy for about $7T.

It's better than a poke in the eye, but that's not saying much.

PFFT! Please. If Mitt Romney had been elected, you'd be dancing in the streets over the news that 142,000 jobs were created last month.

[Adam Griffin]

Thank you, President Obama, for this bounty of jobs you have bestowed upon us!