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U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, a sudden reversal

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Re: U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, a sudden reversal

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Post by jborden13 »

nunez wrote: post #170

> The BLS said employment contracted the most in “local government education,” which declined by 50,000 roles, likely reflecting teachers during summer break. This is not entirely accurate. AFAIK, teachers usually remain on payroll throughout the summer. This stat _might_ be talking about contractual teaching roles, like adjuncts or subs, but it's hard to say from that BLS category.

I don't think it's attributable to summer break. Didn't ~1,100K teachers quit in Fort Worth, TX due (in part) to a rise in political interference?

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Post by asa123 »

eru wrote: post #196
asa123 wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the commenter you responded to filtered first for countries with outcomes better or exceeding the US? Though I’m not sure Portugal and Spain automatically fall into that category

Oh, I picked Singapore, because I moved here. I picked US because that was the topic under discussion. And Britain because the parent comment talked about 'free' healthcare.

complete misreading between the lines on my part then apologies

Re: U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, a sudden reversal

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Post by vel0city »

eru wrote: post #185
georgeburdell wrote: post #177

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No it isn’t. Malaysians commute across the river daily and then return at night, having provided their services in exchange for compensation. Singapore gets the work without many of the associated problems with housing those people long term. As a result, there are some ridiculously niche jobs in Singapore that would not exist in another rich country, such as widespread domestic servitude and manual street sweeping

How is that different from people living in New Jersey and commuting to Manhattan?

New Jersey and Manhattan are both a part of the same country last I checked.

Malaysia and Singapore are two different countries. Despite being right next to each other they have vastly different GDPs, standards of living, government benefits, etc.

Re: U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, a sudden reversal

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Post by wesleywt »

orangeberrytea wrote: post #223
Waterluvian wrote: post #174

Meanwhile Canada is up 75,000 jobs in July. Can't wait to see the next tantrum America throws our way. https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-jobs-july-2026-9.729...

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Perhaps you shouldn't use Grok.

Re: U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, a sudden reversal

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Post by thisisauserid »

wesleywt wrote: post #238
thisisauserid wrote: post #236

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Roughly 40 percent of Canadians in the top 1 percent of earners have moved to the US. https://thehub.ca/2026/04/03/can-anyone-solve-canadas-brain-...

How is this related?

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Re: U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, a sudden reversal

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Post by amanaplanacanal »

jordanb wrote: post #60
forlorn_mammoth wrote: post #17

What is also interesting is that the only sector thad added jobs was health care.

I don't think many of the BBB healthcare cuts have hit yet.

Most of the cuts were scheduled for after the midterms, you can guess why.

Re: U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, a sudden reversal

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Post by jjgreen »

orangeberrytea wrote: post #223
Waterluvian wrote: post #174

Meanwhile Canada is up 75,000 jobs in July. Can't wait to see the next tantrum America throws our way. https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-jobs-july-2026-9.729...

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an LLM was able to confirm

Bless

Re: U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, a sudden reversal

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Post by asa123 »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #117
asa123 wrote: post #109

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the commenter you responded to filtered first for countries with outcomes better or exceeding the US? Though I’m not sure Portugal and Spain automatically fall into that category

I can only n=1, but most, if not all, experiences we've had obtaining medical care were better in Europe. Care specialist for my autistic kids, primary care, etc. From my unofficial surveys, many folks I know in the US are having a hard time finding various care providers, even if they have insurance. More data on this is always welcome.

I can believe this; it's my personal and anecdotal evidence (and that which is believed by family) that the maximum quality of US medical care is quite incredible, but any perceived median (accounting for accessibility and cost) is really quite shit

Re: U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, a sudden reversal

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Post by Lord-Jobo »

kwar13 wrote: post #240
Waterluvian wrote: post #174

Meanwhile Canada is up 75,000 jobs in July. Can't wait to see the next tantrum America throws our way. https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-jobs-july-2026-9.729...

somehow it seems like you're implying that canada is doing better than the usa. just look at the last 10 years of real gdp growth and it couldn't be any worse for canada.

As everyone knows, real gdp growth is the only metric of goodness. All other numbers and figures are meaningless, we all down before the might RGDPG

Re: U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, a sudden reversal

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Post by amanaplanacanal »

SoftTalker wrote: post #173
eigenspace wrote: post #156

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sure, but that's not what's driving these increases in costs.

Why not? Higher demand -> Higher prices.

I don't see how that applies to insurance. The demand pays for it's own supply. The insurance company doesn't have to ramp up production somehow.
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