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In reply to the discussion: Economy Adds 120K Jobs In March; Unemployment Falls To 8.2 Percent [View all]mathematic
(1,439 posts)12. Let's see how your claim stands up to reality...
If you just quit looking for a job but still want one you're marginally attached. The rate that includes this type of unemployment in the definition dropped from 9.8 to 9.6.
As you ought to know, benefit status does not determine unemployment status. Nevertheless, long term unemployment (over 27 weeks) declined from 5.4 mil to 5.3 mil.
And finally, while persons not in the labor force increased from 87.654 mil to 87.897 mil the number of those that actually want jobs declined from 6.378 mil to 6.299 mil. Yes, people DO leave the labor force with no desire to have a job.
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If you're going to pretend I mean things I don't say why are you even bothering to respond?
mathematic
Apr 2012
#28
well, better to be adding jobs than losing them, but still was expecting over 200,000 new jobs
WI_DEM
Apr 2012
#5
When the President took office I believe we were losing over 700,000 jobs per month!
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Apr 2012
#7