Industry on Cusp of Jobs Rebound

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturers may finally be close to adding jobs after 42 straight months of layoffs, a survey suggested on Monday, but they also face pricing pressures that could squeeze profits.


A separate report showed consumer spending was held back in January by a cooling in auto sales, but revisions left consumption running at a brisk clip this quarter.


Rounding out the data, poor weather caused construction spending to fall unexpectedly in January, but the blow was softened by upward revisions to December's data.


"Essentially, the economy's on a roll," declared Ram Bhagavatula, chief economist at RBS Financial Markets. "We're looking for growth of 5.0 percent this quarter. At that pace, employment has to revive at some point, and maybe soon."

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[mhr]

1. Unemployed 44 Months, BSEE, MBA, Commercial Pilot, Veteran

Have not heard from a company or headhunter in over two years now.

Improving economy, my Ass!

[bahrbearian]

16. You need a manufacturing job!

Can you hold the pickels and tomatoes...?

[Triana]

23. you're supposed to just retrain...

...get another 2-3 degrees, go back to school every 2-3 years or so (every time a Repuke gets into the white house and ruins the economy - 'cause it happens every time one gets in)...

'quit whining and retrain' is what I keep hearing. NOT that I agree, mind you. Meanwhile, *resident (W)easel cut state worker training budgets...

Hey, I know. You can get one of those fabby Manufacturing jobs - flipping burgers - since flipping burgers is now considered 'manufacturing' under the bu$hit regime...

[northernsoul]

2. I'll believe it when I see it

How many times have we heard that a recovery is right around the corner in the past 4 years?

How many of these new jobs, if they ever come to exist, are going to pay as much as the ones we've lost?

[UpInArms]

3. don't these

folks ever get weary of lying?

On the cusp
Right around the corner
In the next quarter
Next year

repeat and vary as necessary :puke:

[barbaraann]

4. And I'm on the cusp of winning the lottery.

I just know it!

[trogdor]

7. I'm on the cusp of winning the Kentucky Derby.

Maybe I should keep training.

[saigon68]

5. "Gen Sanchez on the cusp of winning in Iraq", stated the CHIMPANZEE

LOL

ON THE CUSP

LOL

[BlueEyedSon]

"You want fries with that?"

[Bozita]

6. I'm gonna buy a lottery ticket -- My chances are better than counting ...

...on this survey.

[mistertrickster]

8. 3 wars and counting and job growth is still in the future tense

Sad, just sad . . .

[hatrack]

9. If they repeat this enough times it becomes true?

Honestly, is that the strategy?

[barbaraann]

11. Dr. Phil said if you repeat something 100 times to someone,

it virtually becomes the truth to them! (He was a highly successful jury consultant.)

[mac56]

10. Prosperity is just around the corner!

:wtf:

[chimpy the poopthrower]

21. I was going to post the same thing! :)

It didn't work back then, and it's not going to work this time.

[w4rma]

12. Yeah. They'll be adding jobs... in China. (n/t)

[movonne]

13. Flipping hambergers!!!!

[dfong63]

14. we've heard this before

At that pace, employment has to revive at some point, and maybe soon.

now there's a nice firm reassuring prediction.

can America's families take that to the bank?

[Media_Lies_Daily]

15. And where will all of these jobs be located?

[JPace]

17. Is this getting old or what?

The jobs are....

On the cusp
Just around the corner
On the horizon
Speedily approaching
Arriving directly
Quickly materializing
Promptly nearing
Almost here
Within sight
Soon to flourish
About to happen
Presenting itself
Turning around

OMG.....people are sooooo tired of this crap!

[JPace]

18. Just in case the freeper regime does not "get it"

They are so stubbornly dense. So here it goes
for the AWOL regime...."until people are meaningfully
employed there ain't no recovery!" Get it?

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[rfkrocks]

19. checks in the mail

Im a "uniter not divider" "we know where the wmds are" "balanced budget in five tears" Bush-I trust him why wouldn't you?

[Just Me]

20. I may be well-educated but I am not well-connected to any "game",..

,...hence, I suffer for exercising my freedom to abide by my principles of pursuing equality, tolerance, and justice which have never involved actions of oppression or violence or "selling-out" to greed. I no longer have any wonder about why I am an impoverished person. Principled people are not the vastly rewarded people.

[Demeter]

22. I've Got A Real Nice Bridge in Brooklyn--Historic Property

Yours now with a free job!

[dusty64]

24. If I only got a dime

for everytime I've heard the media ho's say this my economic troubles would be over.

[bushisanidiot]

25. Pres. UsedCarSalesman Tries To Duct Tape U.S. Jobs Problem

we're supposed to believe that 42 straight months of layoffs will miraculously transform in to amazing, positive numbers because of some lame excuses about the weather causing construction jobs to fall "unexpectedly"????

every single year they fail to anticipate "bad weather" and it's impact on construction jobs? pitiful used car salesman excuses.. how f*cking stupid do they think american voters are???

[JNelson6563]

26. Yes-siree! Any day now!

Been hearing this for over three years. This has to be the longest "lagging indicator" in the history of lagging indicators!

Julie

[Crachet2004]

27. So I guess RBS...

outsourced "Financial Market" economic data to Mumbai.

They can twist these numbers to say anything they want, people. Ram could make the data yield 50 percent growth, if he wanted to.

Some people are just really good with numbers.