Good news for American economy

[Kooky]

I prefer a good paying steel mill with a full pension program making a comeback.

And horse-drawn carts, can't forget about those!

Do you think a tech manufacturer can duplicate that?

Why would they?

 

[Kooky]

U.S. National Debt Clock : Real Time

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Any sources for those numbers, or is this just a meaningless toy?

 

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Any sources for those numbers, or is this just a meaningless toy?

Everything in that link is near real time numbers.

 

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Any sources for those numbers, or is this just a meaningless toy?

And here how unemployment is figured.

• Unemployment is measured through the Current Population Survey, conducted monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
• Only citizens who are in the labor force are counted in the unemployment rate; those who have given up looking for a job are not—a controversial position.
• Critics argue that not counting workers who have given up looking paints a brighter picture of unemployment than really exists.

How Is the US Monthly Unemployment Rate Calculated?

 

[Kooky]

And here how unemployment is figured.

• Unemployment is measured through the Current Population Survey, conducted monthly by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
• Only citizens who are in the labor force are counted in the unemployment rate; those who have given up looking for a job are not—a controversial position.
• Critics argue that not counting workers who have given up looking paints a brighter picture of unemployment than really exists.

How Is the US Monthly Unemployment Rate Calculated?

So how does the app arrive at the second number?

 

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So how does the app arrive at the second number?

"Only citizens who are in the labor force are counted in the unemployment rate; those who have given up looking for a job are not"

I believe they do the research so we don't have to.
Look at all the other numbes, do you think they are wrong?

 

[Kooky]

"Only citizens who are in the labor force are counted in the unemployment rate; those who have given up looking for a job are not"

I believe they do the research so we don't have to.
Look at all the other numbes, do you think they are wrong?

So they include people who retire, have career ending accidents, women who get pregnant etc. in that number.

 

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So they include people who retire, have career ending accidents, women who get pregnant etc. in that number.

Why dont you read the link I provided and find out how its done. Here that link again.

How Is the US Monthly Unemployment Rate Calculated?

Or this one...

How the Government Measures Unemployment