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11-05-2013, 10:19 AM
On Friday, November 8, we get the October jobs report. Make your predictions on the number of jobs gained / lost in the month??
You can't pick a number already taken and each guess must be rounded to 1000's. (ex: +201,000, -14,000, +195,000, +176,000, -5,000, etc. - no 100's)
There's a travel mug up for grabs for the closest pick.
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New: If the winner also guesses the unemployment number correctly, they can upgrade to the stainless mug if they'd like (so predict both)!
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We'll take predictions until 12:00 midnight ET on Thursday night.
Thanks!
WorkFE
11-05-2013, 10:40 AM
152,000
Unemp. 7.2%
Frixxxx
11-05-2013, 10:51 AM
137,000
MrBowl
11-05-2013, 10:58 AM
+84,000
7.3%
MrJohnRoss
11-05-2013, 11:19 AM
+95,000
7.3%
imike023
11-05-2013, 11:32 AM
+80,000
7.3%
Chulke
11-05-2013, 01:16 PM
+130K Jobs
7.1% unemployment rate
Frixxxx
11-05-2013, 01:28 PM
137,000
7.2%
Oops, going for the upgrade!
DreamboatAnnie
11-05-2013, 05:12 PM
+164,000
Bquat
11-05-2013, 05:37 PM
127,000 7.3% unemployment.
ILoveTDs
11-06-2013, 08:22 AM
148,000
Sensei
11-06-2013, 08:30 AM
+119,000
Cathy57
11-06-2013, 08:45 AM
+89,000
Cybernaut
11-06-2013, 11:51 AM
+151,000
7.2% unemp. rate
Minnow
11-06-2013, 12:21 PM
103,000
7.2%
uscfanhawaii
11-06-2013, 03:19 PM
148,000
Hey ILTD, you forgot to make your unemployment guess.
Wouldn't want you to miss out on a chance to get the 'upgrade'!! :worried:
Weather
11-06-2013, 03:23 PM
+82,235
Correction:
+82,000
7.4%
EricDeLee
11-07-2013, 04:37 AM
99000
7.2
scollins1225
11-07-2013, 06:01 AM
+146,000 Jobs
7.2% unemployment rate
Gumby
11-07-2013, 06:05 AM
+58,000 7.4%
babydux
11-07-2013, 06:50 AM
+118,000, 7.4 % unemployment
tucahay
11-07-2013, 07:41 AM
+ 121,000 and 7.1%
uscfanhawaii
11-07-2013, 03:20 PM
+86,000
7.2%
Can I change my guess?
I am revising my guess higher...... +124K, 7.2%
I don't think anyone else has claimed that number.
nnuut
11-07-2013, 05:35 PM
+24,000
tsptalk
11-07-2013, 10:47 PM
15 minutes left to make a prediction...
burrocrat
11-07-2013, 10:58 PM
+187,000 and 6.9%.
it's dark out there, really dark. we need some positive trumped up news. things are fine, really, i'm fine.
tsptalk
11-07-2013, 11:02 PM
Contest closed. Thread will reopen in the morning after the report is released. Good luck!
James48843
11-08-2013, 07:55 AM
Unemployment Rate Rises to 7.3% in Shutdown-Skewed October; 204,000 Jobs Added
The economy added 204,000 jobs in October -- more than consensus -- and hiring for September and August were revised up by a combined 60,00, according to the Labor Department. The unemployment rate ticked up to 7.3% from 7.2%. Concerns that the 16-day government shutdown would mar growth appear to be unfounded but Gene Sperling, director of President Obama’s National Economic Council, says the real question is: Will the shutdown have a lasting negative impact on growth?
More:
http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/oct-jobs-report-aberration-comes-next-really-matters-122903029.html
and here are some more details of the October jobs report from the New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/09/business/economy/us-unemployment-rate-rises-to-7-3-204000-jobs-added.html?_r=0
tsptalk
11-08-2013, 08:22 AM
+187,000 and 6.9%.
it's dark out there, really dark. we need some positive trumped up news. things are fine, really, i'm fine.
We have a winner!
The unemployment number was off but Burro gets another Travel Mug! Good job!
Please PM me the shipping info. Thanks.
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Frixxxx
11-08-2013, 08:47 AM
+187,000 and 6.9%.
it's dark out there, really dark. we need some positive trumped up news. things are fine, really, i'm fine.
Hmmmmm.....posted @ 11:58 PM, :suspicious:
Inside information?
:toung:Gratz Burro:toung:
nnuut
11-08-2013, 09:52 AM
Good guess Burro, even if the numbers are trumped up!
burrocrat
11-08-2013, 02:51 PM
thank you, thank you very much. it appears i'm much better at games of chance rather than skill.
i need another mug to go with the 4 sock monkeys dreamboatannie sent me for winning the furlough bet. i was going to take a mugshot of my family of sock monkeys and my family of 3 tsptalk mugs, but the one little monkey looked so sad without a mug.
i was hoping for the new stainless one because i already have the travel tumbler. maybe tom will let me pay the difference for the upgrade or else take it as a credit towards a tsptalk ball cap someday.
DreamboatAnnie
11-08-2013, 07:08 PM
Hey Burro...give him a beer and take the mugshot..he'll be better off, much happier, than the others!!
burrocrat
11-08-2013, 09:21 PM
Hey Burro...give him a beer and take the mugshot..he'll be better off, much happier, than the others!!
i don't think batman drinks beer. besides he's too young for that, gotta wait until at least a sophmore in high school for the bonfire/booby parties. no sense rushing things, there's still plenty of time to change my evil ways, baby.
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