March Jobs Report Below expectations

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by whell

Tommy, Tommy, Tommy - all per-programed. Kindly point me to anywhere in this thread where I've blamed anyone for anything.

Whelly, Whelly, Whelly, Whelly, who do you think you're kidding?

Everybody here knows exactly what your agenda is.

It's as clear as day.

[whell]

Originally Posted by bobabode

Correctimundo. Only an blind ideologue, such as yourself, would characterize 60 plus months of positive job growth and a stock market almost tripling as in the tank.

Don't you realize how ridiculous you look or is self awareness not your strong suit?

So the "blind ideologues" at CNBC look ridiculous to you too? From the linked article:

The jobs numbers come as both the economy and corporate profits have been weakening substantially.

In its most recently estimate, the Federal Reserve's Atlanta branch is projecting the U.S. economy to show just a 0.1 percent growth rate in the first quarter. At the same time, corporate profits are expected to drop about 3 percent for the period and another 2 percent or so in the second quarter, according to S&P Capital IQ.

I don't know what you're reading, but things aren't exactly humming along out there. Now, there may be underlying reasons for this:

"We were due a clunker," said John Canally, chief economic strategist at LPL Financial. "It's probably the same things that are going to be impacting the earnings season in a couple weeks. It's the strong dollar hitting manufacturing, the port strike hitting manufacturing, it's the really awful weather...But across all sectors, it was just pretty soft."

So, this might simply be the hard numbers catching up with expectations. Or....

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by whell

"We were due a clunker," said John Canally, chief economic strategist at LPL Financial. "It's probably the same things that are going to be impacting the earnings season in a couple weeks. It's the strong dollar hitting manufacturing, the port strike hitting manufacturing, it's the really awful weather...But across all sectors, it was just pretty soft."

So, this might simply be the hard numbers catching up with expectations. Or....

Not according to what you quoted above.

[whell]

Originally Posted by Boreas

Not according to what you quoted above.

You do realize that all of the quotes in this thread are from the same CNBC article, right?

[Tom Joad]

Originally Posted by whell

You do realize that all of the quotes in this thread are from the same CNBC article, right?

I realize that they came to your inbox as emails from the organization that pays you to post on the net.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by whell

You do realize that all of the quotes in this thread are from the same CNBC article, right?

Yes.

And?

[whell]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

I realize that they came to your inbox as emails from the organization that pays you to post on the net.

I got news fer ya - CNBC doesn't pay a dime.

[whell]

Originally Posted by Boreas

Yes.

And?

...and if you were attempting to make a point, I have no idea what it is.

[Boreas]

Originally Posted by whell

...and if you were attempting to make a point, I have no idea what it is.

Think about it. It should be clear enough, even for you.

[noonereal]

March Jobs Report Below expectations

clearly the GOP will break out the champagne

it's great news for folks who put party ahead of country or fellow countrymen