> Analyst Roundup: The Jobs Report

October 3, 2008, 10:27 am

The morning my colleague David Leonhardt explained why the jobs report released by the Labor Department for September paints an especially dismal portrait of the United States economy.

But in case you wanted another take, here is what various economists — and the presidential candidates — are saying about the news:

“Today, Americans woke up to the sad news that 159,000 jobs were lost last month alone, making September the ninth straight month of job loss. With three-quarters of a million jobs lost this year, and millions of families struggling to pay the bills and stay in their homes, this country can’t afford Senator McCain’s plan to give America four more years of the same policies that have devastated our middle-class and our economy for the last eight.” — Senator Barack Obama

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