Another fine mess you've gotten us into
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The good:
Leisure and hospitality, employment in food services and drinking places increased by 34,000.
Professional and business services, employment services added 28,000 jobs, mostly temporary hires.
The bad:
Manufacturing employment was flat. Construction employment fell by 21,000 jobs.
The disastrous:
Experts are predicting that some 900,000 jobs could be lost in the next two years because of state budget shortfalls.
U6, which includes Americans too discouraged to continue looking for work and part-time workers who want but cannot find full-time work surged to 17.1 percent.
And the silly:
Average hourly earnings increased by 1 cent to $22.67 after an increase in August of 6 cents.
DKos jobs report summary