Fed says jobless rate to drop slowly

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This is consistent with what the current administration has been saying. The jobless rate will be one of the last indicators of the economy turning around.

The present crisis, with its high unemployment, wasn't a day in the making and won't be a day in the fixing. It was the result of deregulation and reckless and irresponsible behavior by Wall Street.

The slow recovery is by no means an indication that the stimulus packages aren't working.

We Americans tend to want everything tomorrow, and threaten to throw out the current government if we don't get it in a day.

[edit on 24-11-2009 by Sestias]

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So are you implying the current administration is right?The current administration could find the facts with both hands a flashlite and a trillion dollars.You are sadly mistaken.Unemployment is NOT easing up. There is no man made global warming.KSM is not a citizen.Health care will not make any one healthier and the current administration does not care.

The Fed says the jobless rate could hover between 8.6 percent and 10.2 percent next year.

It is at 10.2 and the only reason it might not go higher is because people will exhaust their unemployment.Then watchout.You need to realize something to the current administration you are the enemy.

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If you read the OP it says that the jobless rate will be one of the LAST things to turn around.

reply to post by Sestias

The very last thing.
And little orphan Annie said the sun will come out tomorrow.
Neither is prophetic.

reply to post by Sestias

This is consistent with what the current administration has been saying.

Consistent only when they realized that passing a stimulus did not stop unemployment from going pass 8.5%. I believe 8.5 is what Obama stated.

Word has it that some in Congress want to use the rest of the stimulus as part of another package they are currently debating. If the stimulus was or is working, why would they suggest such a thing?

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It's a discussion of how the stimulus funds could be most effectively distributed. There is a good possibility that a third package may be required; not because the first two were no good but because the amount of money required to get the economy going was greater than the two first stimuli allowed.

I'm just going to point out here, that the unemployment rate is ALWAYS a lagging indicator of the economy. With that being said this is all propaganda coming from the FED and the WH because they want people to spend money this holiday season. If this holiday season is way down then it's not a really good sign.

It also doesn't hurt to mention that the Audit the Fed bill passed the House.

The Fed's weighing in on the jobless rate now? Hmm. Why does this strike me as odd? And why does it worry me that the Fed is so involved here? Indicator or not, is it really their place to be commenting on this? Maybe I'm wrong and it is. But I don't think so.

Over the next several years? Meaning what? Ten? Time moves slowly in Fed land. Many people can't wait several years. Maybe the banks who got the stim money can hire a few? Attach that string next time, jerks.

As to the stimulus creating jobs? Seems all it's done so far is kept some people (barely) employed.

When there were floods down here and they apportioned disaster relief money and were fixing our flooded out roads and bridges, guess what signs went up? That's right...your stimulus money putting people to work.

It's all a PR game.

"...robbing from the working man to benefit Wall Street and the bankers is in full swing," quote from 321.gold.com --I used this line in another post today.


The Ongoing crisis has completely changed the former 'forever expanding consumer-credit' model,

A model where many needless work positions were artifically supported by the over-the-top credit-expansion social/economic model of the USA economy.... where a 3-4% unemployment rate was considered 'full employment'


Wake-Up call ! A 9-10% unemployment rate will be the new 'normal'

The Think-Tanks that feed the 'FED' their outlooks & projections,
gave the FED/Treas. all this info. back when the TARP & bailouts were being formulated. We the masses are the last to be informed.


And all along most of us were holding on to the fantasy that the leaders, administration, CentralBanker Elites really cared about the people.

dream on folks