PatekPhilippe
Senior Member
You can't know that. It's entirely possible that department stores let more people go they than they needed to and the increase is bringing them up to a sustainable level. I wouldn't expect department stores to continue hiring as much, but that doesn't mean they'll have massive layoffs (beyond the normal post-Christmas layoffs) after Christmas.
Which is why I don't expect continued growth. But that doesn't mean that the increase that did occur was purely seasonal, which is what this thread was claiming.
Per yopur line in bold:
Sesonal hiring has always created a spike in employment and always results in a downward trend following the return season of January....so I idsagree.....we DO know it.
To sit back and assume that maybe this year may be different is a mistake as we all need to forecast and plan based on history...not hope.
Then where was the seasonal spike last year?
We lost 700,000 jobs a month at this time last year, only 11,000 last month.
rightwinger is just too stupid for words......like that stupid cartoon bird asking the same question to a million people until he gets the answer he wants to hear...so he can say...see? Someone agrees with ME!!!!
WHERE'S YOUR LINK TO LAST NOVEMBER'S EMPLOYMENT DATA.