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Johnny2X2X

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2. Good news and approaching normalcy

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Oct 14, 2021, 09:05 AM

Oct 2021

225,000 a week is normal.

We are already down to a 4.8% UE rate, the jobs creation record during Biden's first year is breaking records, but all you hear about is how last month's numbers disappointed.

We're going to do close to 7% growth this year. Biden is crushing it on the economy, but you wouldn't know it.

A reminder, Donald Trump was a total and complete economic disaster for the country, he had the worst jobs record since Herbert Hoover and left the economy with the worst year for growth since 1947,

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Jobless claims: Another 293,000 individuals filed new claims last week, reaching fresh pandemic-era [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2021 OP

From the source: mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2021 #1

Good news and approaching normalcy Johnny2X2X Oct 2021 #2

Markets up big after the opening bell Johnny2X2X Oct 2021 #3

Many people here are only happy when the markets plummet MichMan Oct 2021 #6

And yet jobs remain unfilled. Mawspam2 Oct 2021 #4

600k isn't really the right figure Random Boomer Oct 2021 #5

There are also younger people moving into the workforce every day as they come of age. MichMan Oct 2021 #7