DIALOGUE ABOUT U.S. JOB GROWTH
WIDYA: WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE WORLD ECONOMY? ARE THINGS GETTING BETTER?
DINO: I THINK SO. SLOWLY BUT SURELY THINGS SEEM TO BE GETTING BETTER.
WIDYA: I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT. I SAW THAT THE U.S. ECONOMY IS GETTING STRONGER TOO.
DINO: YES. I READ THAT THE U.S ECONOMY ADDED OVER 225,000 JOBS LAST MONTH.
WIDYA: YES, BUT FOR SOME REASON THEU.S. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE STAYED THE SAME AT 8.3%
DINO: WELL, I THINK THE REASON IS THAT AS THINGS GET BETTER MORE AND MORE PEOPLE START TO LOOK FOR JOBS. WITH MORE PEOPLE LOOKING FOR JOBS THE UNEMPLOYMENT IMPROVES MORE SLOWLY.
WIDYA: IF THE ECONOMY CONTINUES TO IMPROVE, PRESIDENT OBAMA SHOULD HAVE AN EASIER TIME GETTING RE-ELECTED.
DINO: YES, BUT THE REPUBLICANS ARE STILL SAYING THE IMPROVEMENT IS “TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE”.
WIDYA: YES, THEY NEVER WANT TO GIVE PRESIDENT OBAMA CREDIT, BUT AS THINGS IMPROVE THEY WILL HAVE TO FIND A NEW LINE OF ATTACK.
DINO.RIGHT. THEIR ARGUMENTS ARE LESS AND LESS CREDIBLE AS THE ECONOMY IMPROVES.
WIDYA: THE IMPROVEMENT AND GROWTH IN FEBRUARY WAS IN MANY U. S.
INDUSTRIES....MANUFACTURING, FINANCE, MINING, LAW, ACCOUNTING AND HOTELS ALL SAW JOB GROWTH.
DINO: WELL, AS THE U. S. ECONOMY IS 27 % OF THE WORLD’S GDP THIS IS ALL GOOD NEWS.
WIDYA: WILL ANY OF THIS HELP THE INDONESIAN ECONOMY? I THINK OUR ECONOMY IS STILL PROJECTED TO GROW 7 % THIS YEAR.
DINO: INDONESIA IS DOING VERY WELL, BUT AS THE WORLD ECONOMY IMPROVES IT HELPS US TOO.
