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US Jobless Claims Rise To Highest In Two Months

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Jobless claims increased 15,000 in the week ended Sept. 8 to 382,000, Labor Department figures showed today in Washington. The median forecast of 50 economists surveyed by Bloomberg called for 370,000 claims.

Employment is cooling as a global slowdown and looming U.S. tax policy changes keep businesses hesitant about hiring. Persistent joblessness, which Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke called a “grave concern,” persuaded policy makers today to take another step to bolster the world’s biggest economy.
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U.S. Jobless Claims Rise to Highest in Two Months - Bloomberg

beneficent ben tries to bail barry out

QE3---today---a done deal

30B per month, open ended, of mortgage backed crap---same tired, old ways

forward---to summer, 2010, the summer of recovery

we already did 2.7T

CNN: Quantitative easing 2 is here

it worked so well we simply must do more

romney and the emperor's new clothes:

“What [Fed Chairman Ben] Bernanke’s doing is saying that what the president’s saying is wrong. The president’s saying the economy’s making progress, coming back. Bernanke’s saying, ‘No, it’s not. I’ve got to print more money,’” Mitt Romney said in an interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos.
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Romney: QE3 Shows Obama's Economic Policies Are Wrong | RealClearPolitics

the inscrutable sphinx, this afternoon:

Bernanke: Unemployment Fall More Than 100% Due To Participation Decline | RealClearPolitics

no kidding

party on, progressives

be proud, represent
 
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