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The week's question
In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Steve203 ⎊❂🐝 HONORARY
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Subject: Re: Unemployment Rate Jumps to 4yr High
Date: 09/05/25 9:55 AM
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I think it was on the METaR board, here, that I posted a summation of a point of view I saw offered on the Yahoo Finance channel, a week or so ago: that "JCs" were going to "create" fewer jobs going forward, because, between boomers retiring, mass deportations, closed border, work visa denials, and the government looking for excuses to deport people already here on visas, the "JCs" know there is no-one to fill more jobs, if they were created, so "creating" more jobs, would be pointless.

If she is right, then lower job "creation" will not result in higher unemployment.

Lots of interesting graphs in this piece from bubblevion's site. Especially the graph of the unemployment rate. While headlines today are screaming "unemployment up", look at the graph. Unemployment has essentially flatlined, over the past year. Today's print for August is 4.3%. The print for July of last year was 4.3%

cnbc.com - Jobs report august

Steve
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