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Friday's Jobs Report: Unemployment Bumps 10%?

Nov 05, 2009 - 8:16 AM EST

Peter Morici submits:

The economy continues to bleed jobs, even as GDP rebounds. Employment may be a lagging indicator, but job losses should have abated by now even if a lot of new jobs are not being added.

Coming off a deep recession, GDP growth should have been much stronger than the 3.5 percent recorded in the third quarter. A poorly conceived and badly executed stimulus package and the failure to correct structural problems that caused the Great Recession are holding down growth. Consequently, the economy is not creating jobs, and certainly not creating good paying, full-time jobs with benefits.

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Source: Seeking Alpha (Nov 05, 2009 - 8:16 AM EST)