Comments on: Speaking of “freaking out”… https://habitablezone.com/2012/10/05/speaking-of-freaking-out/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: alcaray https://habitablezone.com/2012/10/05/speaking-of-freaking-out/#comment-19170 alcaray Sat, 06 Oct 2012 23:04:20 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=23400#comment-19170 PS: Election year politics aside, this is a good thing. Rejoice! PS: Election year politics aside, this is a good thing. Rejoice!

]]> By: alcaray https://habitablezone.com/2012/10/05/speaking-of-freaking-out/#comment-19169 alcaray Sat, 06 Oct 2012 20:45:21 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=23400#comment-19169 Expect some more bad news and some more good news. Expect some more bad news and some more good news.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/10/05/speaking-of-freaking-out/#comment-19164 TB Sat, 06 Oct 2012 18:48:38 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=23400#comment-19164 Tell me how this doesn't look odd. Tell me how this doesn’t look odd.

]]> By: alcaray https://habitablezone.com/2012/10/05/speaking-of-freaking-out/#comment-19160 alcaray Sat, 06 Oct 2012 17:23:11 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=23400#comment-19160 Where you don't jump on the bandwagon, but instead you shake your head gravely and discuss how odd it looks. Where you don’t jump on the bandwagon, but instead you shake your head gravely and discuss how odd it looks.

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2012/10/05/speaking-of-freaking-out/#comment-19151 TB Sat, 06 Oct 2012 04:52:58 +0000 http://www.habitablezone.com/?p=23400#comment-19151 <p>I don't think there's any "conspiracy."</p> But we're looking at 114,000 payroll jobs, and <em>873,000 household jobs.</em> That latter number is the highest one-month jump since 1983. The household number is the one used to generate the unemployment rate number. You have to admit, when you look at those two numbers together, the antenna do tend to come up. A number of conservative pundits confidently predicted many months ago that "something" would happen to shove the rate below 8 percent this October. I don’t think there’s any “conspiracy.”

But we’re looking at 114,000 payroll jobs, and 873,000 household jobs. That latter number is the highest one-month jump since 1983.

The household number is the one used to generate the unemployment rate number.

You have to admit, when you look at those two numbers together, the antenna do tend to come up.

A number of conservative pundits confidently predicted many months ago that “something” would happen to shove the rate below 8 percent this October.

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