Just when things start looking up!!! Unemployment drops to 44 mo low.

[kydonky]

Just when Mitt gets a little momentum going this crap happens. Unemployment drops to 44 month low.

This can't be good.

[Tim_T]

Just when Mitt gets a little momentum going this crap happens. Unemployment drops to 44 month low.

This can't be good.

Yep how convenient. I guess the people who's benefits have expired and haven't found a job have suddenly disappeared off the radar!

[GeoFisher]

Just when Mitt gets a little momentum going this crap happens. Unemployment drops to 44 month low.

This can't be good.

No incumbent has EVER been elected with unemployment above 8%. Very convenient for these number to be reflecting under 8% when Obama has not had under 8% his entire presidency.

The numbers are a lie, and everyone knows it.

[waterdog101]

unemployment 7.8% and over 100,000 new jobs in September. I listen to NPR radio news today. I think they give the most far and balanced news out there. and they do a fact check on their news also. they said there were those that would start a conspiracy that the numbers were not true, and that the numbers that were released once a month, were 100% true.

[Mean Morone]

I predicted that it would be under 8% by election time. I listen to the radio every day and was shocked every time the new jobs number would come out and it would be pathetic and the rate would still drop. A month or so later they revise the numbers again and it would be worse. The rate stayed the same. They will revise this one back up but not until after the election. The math doesn't add up. There are, I don't know how many millions unemployed and a 100,000 new jobs a month and the rate comes down? Somethings fishy. It is also strange that just a day or two before that they were saying they expected the rate to go back up to 8.2. HMMM that's strange.

[kydonky]

I predicted that it would be under 8% by election time. I listen to the radio every day and was shocked every time the new jobs number would come out and it would be pathetic and the rate would still drop. A month or so later they revise the numbers again and it would be worse. The rate stayed the same. They will revise this one back up but not until after the election. The math doesn't add up. There are, I don't know how many millions unemployed and a 100,000 new jobs a month and the rate comes down? Somethings fishy. It is also strange that just a day or two before that they were saying they expected the rate to go back up to 8.2. HMMM that's strange.

Ok ...what will tonights Power Ball numbers be??

[DJD]

Just when Mitt gets a little momentum going this crap happens. Unemployment drops to 44 month low.

This can't be good.

Hahaha like I said before...stats and data can be made to look anyway you want them. Anyone with an ounce of sense would know this is dirty data made to boost a potus who is a failure.

[RoadToad]

We've had this discussion before about statistics, and polls, and such, I think. My take is that they have value, but it's important to understand what it is that is being measured, and the methods being used. When the government releases these unemployment numbers, what they're basing that on is a survey of households. There are about 60,000 households in each sample, and they're basically just calling them on the phone and asking questions. Here's a link explaining the process: http://www.bls.gov/cps/cps_htgm.htm#why

Sorry Geo, but no, not everybody "knows the numbers are a lie," much as you might like to believe that we all subscribe to your conspiracy theories. From what I've read, I'd say this month's drop to 7.8% is legit, in that it reflects more people finding jobs, but it's not really anything to write home about, and doesn't really reflect any great improvement in the economy. It's going to have to happen several months in a row before I start getting my hopes up. There will be one more report before the election. Interesting stat that Geo brought up about incumbents and 8%; we'll see if it holds true this year.