The Hired Guns Poll: Where’s the Job Market Headed?

on February 9, 2012

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Recession is Over! (If you want it.)This past couple of weeks have brought some hopeful signs for the economy. Last month, the U.S. gained 243,000 jobs. The unemployment rate is now “only” 8.3% — the lowest it’s been in three years, and that doesn’t seem like a fluke — it’s the fifth straight month of decline. In fact, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia’s first-quarter Survey of Professional Forecasters predicts that the economy will add an average of 144,100 jobs a month in 2012.

We’ve been here before — in fact, in the first quarter of last year it seemed as if the economic wind was at our backs, but it didn’t pan out. We’re wondering whether or not you think this one’s different. It’s worth noting that the rate of “long-term unemployed” (those unemployed for over 27 weeks) did not change, and that the worse and worse economic news from Europe isn’t likely to encourage much hiring.

With all this uncertainly, we wanted to turn to you, to see what you think the job market will do in the next 6-9 months. Pull out your crystal ball…

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[Image: Pablo Alvarado/Flickr]

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    This socialist experiment in Marxism has been a complete failure. They always are. Things won’t improve until we stop demonizing the people who are producing, abandon class warfare, and get the greedy government off the back of the free market. It’s not rocket science, unshackle the private sector and watch it thrive.

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