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US Jobs Report Is Both Hot And Cold
The US economy added 227,000 jobs in November, the BLS said Friday.
The NFP headline was remarkable mostly for being bang-on the collective wisdom of economists. By the time the numbers hit, consensus was 220,000.
October's weather-blighted low print was revised to show a 36,000 headline gain, triple the initially-reported addition. September's headline was bumped up by 32,000 in the final revision -- it now reflects a 255,000 gain.
Between November's strong headline showing and the 56,000
You lasted 17 months? Someday, I hope to be able to reconcile my mental image vs. reality. 🙂
I know. A lot of it was on the road, though. Was only in the office in NY for maybe 1/3 of that 17 months.
My first job ever, working at the local AMC 8 (a great job if you’re in high school: unlimited free popcorn and coke, plus you can get your friends in to movies free–not like sneak them in, but tell the manager, “Hey, these are my friends, I’m letting them in,” and it’s fine), was the only job I ever worked that had a literal punch clock. Loud noisy bugger that made a great thump as it stamped your card. It only paid minimum wage, but the perks were absolutely worth it. Not to mention $4.25 went a lot further back then.