EZEtoGRU

lol. this site is rife with catty condescending comments and commentary regarding providers...

Further to the above, the November/December2023 jobs numbers previously reported were increased by a whopping 126,000 jobs combined.  So a truly spectacular three months of jobs reports.  An analyst in the attached article repeats my prediction yesterday that a March interest rate cut is almost certainly off the table now.  Things are just going too well for the US economy for interest rate reductions in the near future.  
Also, they comment that recent layoff announcements by companies such as UPS are a minor factor in the grand scheme of the larger job market.  Basically, just a blip.
Things are just going too well with the US economy right now.
 
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Another massively positive jobs report was issued today busting through expectations. With such a strong economy, robust jobs picture, and upbeat consumer sentiment…there is clearly no recession on the horizon. 
 
Labor market grew 353,000 in January, soaring past expectations
STOCKS.APPLE.COM The gains were roughly double economists’ predictions of 177,000, reinforcing that the economy...  

Another massively positive jobs report was issued today busting through expectations. With such a strong economy, robust jobs picture, and upbeat consumer sentiment…there is clearly no recession on the horizon. 
 
Labor market grew 353,000 in January, soaring past expectations
STOCKS.APPLE.COM The gains were roughly double economists’ predictions of 177,000, reinforcing that the economy...  

I do. So does the market - it is up 17% today after announcing a dividend for the first time.  Hard to make the case that a recession is imminent when tech companies are prospering. Nasdaq 100 index is up something like 80% for the year. Is a recession coming. Yes. Is it imminent? Does not appear so. Should you be ready, just in case? Always. 

Meta and Amazon do not represent the entire US economy.   What about all the tech layoffs going on?  What about the stress the banking system is now under?  What about the high cost of living?   These issues way override some revenue increases at Meta and Amazon.  BTW, who gives a hoot about Meta?

LOL.....can you cite that "analyst".  Might give you some credibility.   UPS 4th quarter 2023 revenue dropped 7.8% from 4th quarter 2022 revenue.  Has absolutely nothing to do with contract talks and a new labor agreement in mid 2023, as you so erroneously stated.   Talk about comprehension OMG. You really think customers were avoiding UPS in the 4th quarter of 2023 after a contract was negotiated in July 2023??
 
UPS Releases 4Q 2023 Earnings
ABOUT.UPS.COM UPS today announced fourth-quarter 2023 consolidated revenues of $24.9 billion, a 7.8% decrease from the fourth quarter of 2022.  

That is a classic bubble.  And the return is about 50% for the past year.

Things are NOT good.  The economy is only humming along because of huge debt spending by the Federal Government (which is not sustainable and will itself cause a crises) and consumers going into debt.   
 
Layoffs Hit 10-Month High As Financial And Tech Companies Slash 39,000 Jobs (msn.com)
 

Wow...our famous multi-poster can't even read and process information correctly.  I guess I shouldn't be surprised though.

I can understand that it's always a question of relative risk. I go to the dog park. Part of the "risk assessment" is weighing the other options. If I didn't go to the dog park, I'd walk the dog down the sidewalk. I typically encounter 15 other dog walkers on a walk. I let my dog sniff and play/interact with the dogs we meet for a bit. It doesn't seem significantly less risky than having more extended interaction with the 20 dogs that will be at the dog park. 
@Funguy is there a map to this mythical magical dog park you speak of full of the "snooty" people? I've never experienced it. LOL! I understand there are crazies on both ends of the dog park spectrum, but I think I would welcome the occasional canine tussle if it meant the DOGS socialized, and the owners got to  keep one eye on the dog and MY other eye on my phone crusing for escorts, or socializing on company of men, and not being  proselytized to about the mistakes I am making with my dog.  And don't get me wrong, I don't care who hosts, or partakes in,  a pot luck at the dog park. Likewise though, OWNERS shouldn't be badgered into participation because we are 2 strangers who simply encounter one another regularly at the dog park. I've known plenty middle aged housewives. WE never bonded just because we both liked dick, and just because someone else owns a dog, that's not enough to make a bond for me either. 
@Stormy  and @EZEtoGRU, I will am certainly willing to share a list of highlights that nut job dog park visitors have attempted to admonish me for: not feeding the right treats, not using the right bags to pick up his shit, not putting a coat on him in the cold (he is a cold weather breed), not shaving him in the summer so he stays cool, allowing him to interact with other dogs freely before asking the owner's permission (not that he's been ageessive to other dogs), not taking him up to and giving him an introduction to people (not that he's been aggressive to people), using a leash and collar instead of a harness (and he does walk completely calm and controlled with a collar), using the wrong leash for his breed, using hand signals and not talking to him enough, allowing him to play in deep water, mud, and/or cold water, allowing him to entice other dogs into playing in deep water, mud, and/or cold water, and finally my favorite, not teaching him that when he and another dog play with his tug toy, he has a social responsibility to let the smaller dogs win sometimes.
While I wish MY experiences at the dog park were better with people, I do still take the dog. HIS positive experiences are my ultimate motivator.

Boom!
US economy grew at a shocking pace in the fourth quarter | CNN Business
WWW.CNN.COM The US economy remained shockingly robust in the fourth quarter to close out a remarkably strong 2023 as consumers and businesses continued to spend, crushing expectations... ...and the crowd goes wild!!

Boom!
US economy grew at a shocking pace in the fourth quarter | CNN Business
WWW.CNN.COM The US economy remained shockingly robust in the fourth quarter to close out a remarkably strong 2023 as consumers and businesses continued to spend, crushing expectations... ...and the crowd goes wild!!

Let's get back to facts and the real world.  The December jobs report came in today and blew past expectations indicating that the US economy remains strong and resilient. there is no recession in sight.   Facts actually do matter.
The US economy added 216,000 jobs in December | CNN Business
WWW.CNN.COM The US economy added 216,000 jobs in December, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Friday, blowing past expectations and capping off a year of...  

Inflation drops below 3% in November. Recession likely avoided. 
 
Inflation finally dips below 3 percent as U.S. economy nears 'soft landing'
STOCKS.APPLE.COM A key annual inflation metric fell below 3 percent in November, the latest sign that the U.S. is coming...  

Huge profits announced today by Meta and also Amazon. The market surges.   Then there’s this piece by Axios. 
 
Just a moment...
WWW.AXIOS.COM The US clearly has performed better than the rest of the developed world since the onset of Covid. I’m actually concerned the economy is just too hot right now to consider interest rate cuts…even in March. Let’s see how things look once we get to March. 

WRONG.  An agreement was reached a week before the previous UPS contract expired.  There was no interruption of service. There was very little "re-directing their shipments" by customers and the size of UPS's reported drop in revenue would mean UPS would have moved NOTHING AT ALL for over a straight month, which obviously didn't happen.  
FURTHERMORE, the UPS contract negotiations were in July, 2023 which was the 3rd quarter.  UPS's latest report which showed a 7.8% drop in revenue was for the 4th quarter, 2023.  

Cute...but where's the beef?
 

Wow...our famous multi-poster can't even read and process information correctly.  I guess I shouldn't be surprised though.

Why is the above poster still allowed to post on this thread?   He just keeps saying the same thing over and over again without adding anything new or actually useful.

Huge profits announced today by Meta and also Amazon. The market surges.   Then there’s this piece by Axios. 
 
Just a moment...
WWW.AXIOS.COM The US clearly has performed better than the rest of the developed world since the onset of Covid. I’m actually concerned the economy is just too hot right now to consider interest rate cuts…even in March. Let’s see how things look once we get to March. 

Huge profits announced today by Meta and also Amazon. The market surges.   Then there’s this piece by Axios. 
 
Just a moment...
WWW.AXIOS.COM The US clearly has performed better than the rest of the developed world since the onset of Covid. I’m actually concerned the economy is just too hot right now to consider interest rate cuts…even in March. Let’s see how things look once we get to March. 

Wow...our famous multi-poster can't even read and process information correctly.  I guess I shouldn't be surprised though.

Just to help with comprehension.  No-one said a strike occurred.  The fact is that UPS lost a significant amount of business over concern there would be a strike in August 2023.  Even though a strike was avoided, UPS still has not recovered all the business that they lost to other shippers in 2023.  Therefore, Qtr4 results were still impacted negatively by events earlier in 2023.
  This was a quote from an analyst during the last seven days:
UPS lost business last year as customers concerned about a possible strike by the Teamsters shifted shipments to rival carriers, such as FedEx. Although UPS said it expects to get most of that business back, it had won back only about 60% of that lost business.