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February Unemployment Rate
8.9%
Wow! its a lot lower than they figured - they had thought that there would be a surge of people entering back into the job market with the new jobs created ... but the unemployed are still skiddish, I guess.Lowest since Apr2009
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New Jobs Created in Feb
192,000
Not a lot of jobs, but its still a growth.#####
222,000 private sector jobs also created
30,000 goverment jobs lost
(funny I thought we wanted to cut government, so wouldn't this be a good number?)#####
Underemployed
15.9%
24,400,000
(now they gave this a down arrow which should be good, but they colored it red which means its a bad number)#####
8.3Million
Part-Time workers
#####2.7Million
"Marginally Attached"
(not counted in unemployment numbers ... looking for job but can't find one)#####
Total Public Debt
14.1Trillion
Up
#####Mortgage Rates
Down
4.87%
#####Forclosures
UP
3.586 K
#####New Home Sales
DOWN
12.6%
#####Existing Home Sales
UP
2.7%
#####US. Government Budget
UP
$424Billion
#####GDP
UP
2.8%
#####Gas Prices
UP
$3.471/gallon nationally
UP
10%
since protests in Libya began
(up 5cents in 24 hrs ... second time there has been such a jump in about a week)#####
Oil Prices
$101.9/barrel
#####Heating Oil
DOWN
$3.493/gallon
#####Wages
UP
$0.08
#####Inflation
UP
0.4% January
#####Talk of killing Frannie/Freddy
will kill 30-yr mortgage
will raise mortgage interest rates
#####Budget Cuts
$6.5Billion
new cuts agreed to by WH to Congress to help balance budget#####
7 days
amount of time allowed by FL judge for WH to appealruling on Health Care Law
I'm not sure the judge can do this ... granted the ruling came down 1 month ago, but I'm not sure the judge can dictate the appeal time.
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17,000 Acres
Are on fire in FL
1 acre = 4840 sq. yards = approx 22ydX220yd (1chain X 1 furlong = 4rods X 40rods) = the amount of land oxen could plow in one day@@@@@
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