Jobs Report Contest - Dec '14

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On Friday, January 9 we get the December jobs report. Make your predictions on the number of jobs gained / lost in the month (and the unemployment rate)...


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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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 this Thursday night, January 8.


Thanks, and good luck!



Briefing.com's consensus estimates are looking for +245,000 and 5.7%.

[nnuut]

230,000 5.6%

[RealMoneyIssues]

201k and 5.6%

[jkenjohnson]

235,000 and 5.5%

[Tawny27]

213,000 and 5.7%

[RAM56]

203,000 5.5%

[Skorcher]

+236,000 and 5.7%

[Sensei]

+190K, 5.8%

[uscfanhawaii]

+250K, 5.6%

[Wasaki]

225,000 5.6%

[mar69]

219,000 and 5.7

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[ravensfan]

282,000 and 5.6

[slayer72]

285,000 5.7%

[nick]

241,000 5.8%

[respro]

+239,000 and 5.6%

[FireWeatherMet]

290,000 and 5.7%

[jpcavin]

242,000 and 5.7%

[DreamboatAnnie]

315,000 / 5.2%

[konakathy]

260K 5.5%

[MrJohnRoss]

+237K, 5.7%

[Frixxxx]

+229K -- 5.7%

[RealMoneyIssues]

+229K -- 5.7%
nevermind, forgot about the time difference (and we are on "our" Friday)...

[pamkk]

297,000... 5.5%

[remark]

253,000 5.6%

[Minnow]

243,000 5.7%

[Firedog]

+263K and 5.5%

[jpcavin]

243,000 5.7%

I hope it's 242,500 :toung:

[GUCHI]

252,400. 5.5

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45 minutes before the deadline. At that point I'll close the thread and reopen it in the morning after the report is released.

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Actual: +252,000, 5.6%

Winner!... Guchi, err... remark!


253,000 5.6%


252,400. 5.5

What do you think? Guchi! Oh, man! Say it isn't so! The thousands thing...


each guess must be rounded to 1000's. (ex: +201,000, -14,000, +195,000, +176,000, -5,000, etc. - no 100's)


Oh, hell. I'll give them both one.

Nice job guys!

remark got the unemployment rate correct so he gets this...
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Guchi wins this mug...
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Please PM or email me your shipping info!

Thank you for playing, everyone!

[Minnow]

I hope it's 242,500 :toung:

MY BAD :D Promise it wasn't on purpose. It was 252,000 anyways... gotta fine tune your hopium a bit. ;)

[RealMoneyIssues]

OOPS, sorry :(

I thought you couldn't go over... my bad

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Leave this to the professionals, RMI. :D Now you got uscfanhawaii all excited.

Remark and Guchi were the closest. See above.

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I see a couple of folks used hundreds. Maybe we need to say hundreds will be drop from any guess?


each guess must be rounded to 1000's. (ex: +201,000, -14,000, +195,000, +176,000, -5,000, etc. - no 100's)

[nick]

OOPS, sorry :(

I thought you couldn't go over... my bad

This isn't the Price is Right... :toung:

[uscfanhawaii]

Leave this to the professionals, RMI. :D Now you got uscfanhawaii all excited.

Remark and Guchi were the closest. See above.

WAIT....What?! It should be 'without going over'! But I would be happy to share with the 'other' winners. I mean, since you are bending rules and sharing anyway....;)