[lbo-talk] employment

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Fri Aug 6 07:09:48 PDT 2004


Dwayne Monroe wrote:


>Heard a rosy interpretation of the disappointing
>employment report on the radio this morning. Some
>fellow (from an investment house or similar outfit as
>I recall) said this meant the "red hot growth" of
>recent months was easing into a "healthier",
>steady-state rate of expansion.

Oops. Nope, nothing healthy about it. The numbers are crappy. We need stronger job growth to sustain the expansion, and 32k ain't it.

Doug



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