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Roland99

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7. Labor Force Participation Rate hits 63.5. Lowest since 1981!

Reply to Hissyspit (Original post)

Fri Sep 7, 2012, 09:26 AM

Sep 2012

data back to 2002:
http://data.bls.gov/timeseries/LNS11300000/

The unemployment rate dropped because people are leaving the workforce because they can't find work!

change the start year in the dropdown to 1981 to see that chart.

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Jobs Rise 96,000 in August, Below Expectations; Unemployment Rate Falls to 8.1 [View all] Hissyspit Sep 2012 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author davidpdx Sep 2012 #1

Republican heads are exploding powergirl Sep 2012 #2

It isn't great news /nt still_one Sep 2012 #3

It's not bad news either...status quo... S_E_Fudd Sep 2012 #4

Yes, jobs are being created, but what you will hear is 96K jobs created is not great, and less than still_one Sep 2012 #5

The Status Quo IS Bad News... liberallibral Sep 2012 #10

Status quo... S_E_Fudd Sep 2012 #13

I disagree... liberallibral Sep 2012 #14

It's close? savalez Sep 2012 #16

Yes true but the scripts were just a little late this morning INdemo Sep 2012 #8

Figured it wouldn't be good judging from Obama's well-chosen words last night. Roland99 Sep 2012 #6

Labor Force Participation Rate hits 63.5. Lowest since 1981! Roland99 Sep 2012 #7

Republican Governors Laying Off State Workers Is What Is Driving Unemployment Yavin4 Sep 2012 #9

THIS! Cosmocat Sep 2012 #11

And 2 million jobs locked up in the do-nothing republican congress bhikkhu Sep 2012 #15

Duplicate LBN ? dipsydoodle Sep 2012 #12

Damn I thought the ADP report yesterday would portend better news budkin Sep 2012 #17

Good News is the new Bad News slackmaster Sep 2012 #18

How is this good news? Beacool Sep 2012 #19

It's being spun as good news by some people in the media, and on DU slackmaster Sep 2012 #20

As you said, it's spin. Beacool Sep 2012 #21