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The Obama Boom: ZERO jobs created in August!

by Phantom Ace ( 71 Comments › )
Filed under Barack Obama, Business, Economy, Misery Index, Progressives, unemployment at September 2nd, 2011 - 11:30 am


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This is the most hyped economic growth since the Annunanki began using humans to mine gold on Earth 50,000 years ago. The historic Obama Boom created a net of ZERO jobs in the month of August! Once again this bad data was called unexpected by the media. For the last couple of weeks, they had resurrected the Obama Boom theme since not much bad data was coming out. One such report was telling workers to quit their jobs because the job market was great! Reality is a different matter all together.

The economy added no jobs in July. Unemployment stayed constant at 9.1 percent only because so many adults are too discouraged to look for work.

Retail, manufacturing, information services, and construction all lost jobs indicating the fragile recovery is faltering. Finance posted small gains.

Government employment fell by 17,000, and private sector jobs added 17,000.

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Government subsidized private employment in social services and health care gained 36,000 jobs; otherwise, the private sector contracted.

Read the rest: Economy Stalls, No Jobs Added in August

The only reason the unemployment rate stayed at 9.1% is because people stopped looking for work or no longer collect unemployment. This is keeping the real unemployment artificially low. The truth is the Obama Boom is a media lie to cover up the Obama Depression.

On a related note, Dr. Doom Nouriel Roubini says our economic situation today is worse than in 2008!

The world’s developed economies are trapped at the “stall speed” of low growth and need to have greater fiscal stimulus and less austerity to kick-start growth, leading economist Nouriel Roubini told CNBC Friday.

Speaking at the Ambrosetti Forum on the shores of Lake Como, near Milan, Roubini said in an interview: “We are in a worse situation than we were in 2008. This time around we have fiscal austerity and banks that are being cautious.”

I don’t agree with his call for more stimulus, since debt is what caused this recession. But Tax and regulatory reform can stimulate the economy and capture more revenue. One thing he’s right about, we are staring at an economic abyss.



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Media proclaims Obama Boom is not dead

by Phantom Ace ( 5 Comments › )
Filed under Business, Economy, Headlines, Media at August 29th, 2011 - 1:11 pm

One decent economic report and the media proclaims the Obama Boom lives! Consumer spending rose . 08% for in the month of July. Taking out inflation it actually rose .05%. This one number was all that was needed for the media to proclaim the Obama Boom is back!

U.S. consumer spending rebounded strongly in July to post the largest increase in five months on strong demand for motor vehicles, a government report showed on Monday, supporting views the economy was not falling back into recession.

The Commerce Department said consumer spending increased 0.8 percent, the largest gain since a matching increase in February, after slipping 0.1 percent in June.

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When adjusted for inflation, spending rose 0.5 percent last month, the largest gain since a matching increase in December 2009, after being flat in June.

The data was the latest to suggest the economy started the third quarter with some strength after growth almost stalled in the first half of the year.

Good times ahead people!

The Obama Boom: 2nd Quarter GDP slows to 1%

by Phantom Ace ( 2 Comments › )
Filed under Business, Economy, Headlines, Media, Misery Index at August 26th, 2011 - 9:39 am

The greatest economic recovery since colonists from the Sirius system landed on Earth 150,000 years ago continues it’s torrent pace. 2nd Quater GDP grew at an anemic 1%. But don’t worry about this slow number. According to the media, everything is fine and things have never been better!

The U.S. economy grew much slower than previously thought in the second quarter as business inventories and exports were less robust, a government report showed on Friday, although consumer spending was revised up.

Gross domestic product growth rose at annual rate of 1.0 percent the Commerce Department said, a downward revision of its prior estimate of 1.3 percent. It also said after-tax corporate profits rose at the fastest pace in a year.

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The United States is on a recession watch after a massive sell-off in the stock market knocked down consumer and business sentiment. The plunge in share prices followed Standard & Poor’s decision to strip the nation of its top notch AAA credit rating and a spreading sovereign debt crisis in Europe.

While sentiment has deteriorated, data such as industrial production, retail sales and employment suggest the economy could avoid an outright contraction.

That’s right, don’t worry be happy. The economy is strong and things are good!

I can’t believe no matter what the reality is, the media refuses to admit the truth. There is no Obama Boom, we have the Obama Depression.

The Obama Boom: Media downplays increased unemployment claims

by Phantom Ace ( 9 Comments › )
Filed under Barack Obama, Economy, Headlines, Media, unemployment at August 25th, 2011 - 11:26 am

The media still refuses to give up on the Obama Boom. Although unemployment claims went up again, the media claims the labor market has improved and that there’s no signs of a double dip recession. They blame the increase in claims on the Verizon strike, not a bad economy.

New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits rose more than expected last week, lifted by striking Verizon Communications workers, a government report showed on Thursday.

Initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose 5,000 to a seasonally adjusted 417,000, the Labor Department said, but still nowhere near levels that would signal a recession.

Striking Verizon  workers filed 8,500 claims for jobless benefits last week, after submitting 12,500 applications the previous week, which covered the period for the August nonfarm payrolls survey.

That suggests that the strike would have a negative affect on the payrolls count, which will be reported on Sept. 2. The strike against Verizon has ended.

A Hurricane is set to hit the Northeast, the media will blame that for bad economic data. They will lie about the economy to help Obama. Despite that, more people are seeing through the propaganda.