Friday, October 5, 2007

Large diet coke please!


Are you kidding me? You are, aren't you?

The September new jobs number came out today and the economy generated 110,000 new jobs. This was a little more than expected. However, in August the actual number surprised everyone and instead of the 100,000 plus - a loss of 4,000 jobs was reported. See "and a small diet coke please" posted on September 7th.

Well not only did they report September's number today, but the poor results from August were said to have been incorrect (revised). There was actually a gain of more than 80,000 jobs in September, not a loss of 4,000. The markets liked the taste of that news and everyone ordered desert.

Make that a large diet coke with extra vitamins and minerals please. Oh, with Splenda as the sweetener and if possible, a shot of caffeine or maybe a big scoop of Haagen-dazs.

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