the last time the jobs number came out and showed that unemployment was not only continuing to drop but it had dropped below 8%, when that happened last month, the right got very conspiratorial and decided that that can t be right. the jobs numbers must now be fake. since then, though, the right that was so upset about unemployment going down, they must be really bummed because since then, the economic signs keep pointing in a positive direction. unemployment benefit claims down. worker productivity up. auto sales rising. home builders increasing construction. manufacturing expansion. gains in retail sales. and consumer confidence at the highest level since a year before president obama took office. tomorrow morning at about 8:30 a.m. eastern, we will know if those positive indicators since the last time we got a jobs report mean that we re about to get another good jobs report. if so, that would be very good news for the country. it would also be good news for the president s re-elect
set your alarm. the last time the jobs number came out and showed that unemployment was not only continuing to drop but it had dropped below 8%, when that happened last month, the right got very conspiratorial and decided that that can t be right. the jobs numbers must now be fake. since then, though, the right that was so upset about unemployment going down, they must be really bummed because since then, the economic signs keep pointing in a positive direction. unemployment benefit claims down. worker productivity up. auto sales rising. home builders increasing construction. manufacturing expansion. gains in retail sales. and consumer confidence at the highest level since a year before president obama took office. tomorrow morning at about 8:30 a.m. eastern, we will know if those positive indicators since the last time we got a jobs report mean that we re about to get another good jobs report. if so, that would be very good news for the country.