Romer says stronger job growth needed to cut jobless rate

[Enrique]

Yeah that's their headline.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-08-06/romer-says-need-stronger-employment-growth-to-cut-jobless-rate.html

Aug. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Christina Romer, who chairs the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers, said the U.S. needs stronger job growth to lower the nation’s unemployment rate.

Companies in the U.S. added workers in July for a seventh straight month at a pace that suggests the labor-market recovery will be slow to take hold. Private payrolls that exclude government agencies rose by 71,000 after a June gain of 31,000 that was smaller than previously reported, Labor Department figures in Washington showed today.

“That isn’t as strong as anybody wants. We need stronger than that to bring the unemployment rate down,” she said in an interview today on Bloomberg Television.

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[OhioChick]

1. Love the headline...

:rofl:

[Skittles]

2. WATER IS NEEDED TO PREVENT THIRST

YES

[OhioChick]

3. .....

:spray:


:rofl:

[Skittles]

4. A HOME IS NEEDED TO PREVENT HOMELESSNESS!!!!

YES! :rofl:

[Newest Reality]

5. Who would have thunk it?

Oh, wait, maybe that has to be pointed out to some people now?

Ah, Wall Street loves the productivity generated by a weak job market. The Rich are trickling so much down that it is just overwhelming the whole job creation process and taxes are not an issue ... etc.

Now, if they can only figure out how you can be two places at once when you're not anywhere at all, we will be fine.

[Cirque du So-What]

6. That's one for the 'No Shit, Sherlock!' files, boy howdy!

Wonder if she came up with that one on her own, or if she had help?

[inna]

7. Jesus Christ. There was a net loss of 350,000 jobs in the last two months.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8893066

[Abq_Sarah]

8. She says

On her way out the door to a teaching position.