re: #428 Obdicut

Government jobs were cut, and private sector jobs increased.

You think that’s a bad thing? You’d rather see more government jobs?

“The recovery from the longest and deepest downturn since the 1930s has been slow to generate jobs. Private hiring last month was held back by the goods-producing industries, where payrolls contracted 22,000 as manufacturing employment fell 6,000 after declining 28,000 in August.

Construction payrolls fell 21,000, reflecting the lasting troubles in the housing market, after August’s boost from the return of striking workers.

Private services sector employment rose 86,000 after increasing 83,000 in August. Temporary help services—seen as a harbinger of permanent hiring—increased 16,900 last month after rising 17,700 in August.

“Job growth in the goods producing industries has been bottoming out. What we need to see, to get a really positive feed back loop in the economy, is the services sector start to edge up,” said Troy Davig, senior U.S. economist at Barclays Capital in New York.

The end of temporary census jobs and the loss of 76,000 local government jobs pushed total government payrolls down 159,000 last month.”
cnbc.com