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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-09-09 07:50 PM
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16. ...which, since the actual numbers show an INCREASE in claims....
...probably would have made the picture even worse.

(unless you believe that somebody bucked the trend and hired a LOT of people on Friday)
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  -Jobless claims drop steeply, skewed by autos ProSense  Jul-09-09 06:42 PM   #0 
  - Does that mean that had it not been for the auto layoffs that the number would  grantcart   Jul-09-09 06:48 PM   #1 
  - It means that jobless claims ROSE, but "seasonal accounting" shows them decreasing.  MercutioATC   Jul-09-09 06:52 PM   #3 
     - Wrong,  ProSense   Jul-09-09 07:00 PM   #5 
        - Oh no, I'm right: (from another source)  MercutioATC   Jul-09-09 07:13 PM   #8 
           - Yeap, also people SHOULD be looking at U6 unemployment not U3. You have to look at ...  uponit7771   Jul-10-09 06:50 AM   #31 
           - You are correct.  Beacool   Jul-10-09 10:45 AM   #33 
  - You left out this tidbit:  MercutioATC   Jul-09-09 06:49 PM   #2 
  - Search the OP for "seasonally adjusted." Now why do you think the text you linked to changes  ProSense   Jul-09-09 06:55 PM   #4 
     - Is English not your first language?  MercutioATC   Jul-09-09 07:07 PM   #6 
        - It obviously is yours.  ProSense   Jul-09-09 07:13 PM   #7 
           - The U.S. Department of Labor disagrees with you.  MercutioATC   Jul-09-09 07:15 PM   #9 
              - No, it doesn't  ProSense   Jul-09-09 07:21 PM   #10 
                 - The simple truth is that more people filed initial unemployment claims.  MercutioATC   Jul-09-09 07:25 PM   #11 
                    - BS. Become informed  ProSense   Jul-09-09 07:28 PM   #12 
                       - I think we can all draw our own conclusions from the actual numbers.  MercutioATC   Jul-09-09 07:39 PM   #13 
                       - Oh brother. n/t  ProSense   Jul-09-09 07:41 PM   #15 
                       - No they're not, they're moving slowing in the WRONG direction. Slowly but its...  uponit7771   Jul-10-09 07:07 AM   #32 
  - ****THEY DIDN'T ACCOUNT FOR SHORT JULY 4TH WEEK****  uponit7771   Jul-09-09 07:40 PM   #14 
  - ...which, since the actual numbers show an INCREASE in claims....  MercutioATC   Jul-09-09 07:50 PM   #16 
  - Did they not know it was coming?  Clio the Leo   Jul-09-09 08:53 PM   #17 
  - It was footnoted IIRC  uponit7771   Jul-10-09 06:37 AM   #28 
  - Was this sarcasm?  ProSense   Jul-09-09 08:56 PM   #18 
  - No, that's the honest truth.....  Clio the Leo   Jul-09-09 09:02 PM   #19 
     - Like I said,  ProSense   Jul-09-09 09:07 PM   #21 
        - I know......  Clio the Leo   Jul-09-09 09:11 PM   #22 
  - I think that is what the seasonal adjustment does, adjusts for unusual calendar events  grantcart   Jul-09-09 10:16 PM   #23 
  - Actually, that's one thing it doesn't do.  MercutioATC   Jul-10-09 05:48 AM   #25 
  - Bingo!!!!  Dr.Phool   Jul-10-09 06:30 AM   #27 
     - RIGHT!!! U3 Rate roll off is still occuring even though the UE benefits were extended for 6 months  uponit7771   Jul-10-09 06:46 AM   #30 
  - Here's the part that I find the most comforting...  Clio the Leo   Jul-09-09 09:04 PM   #20 
  - Doesn't comfort the 4 unemployed people in my house.  JTFrog   Jul-10-09 06:06 AM   #26 
  - Those are still U3 rate numbers not U6 numbers, the U6 numbers are more important  uponit7771   Jul-10-09 06:39 AM   #29 
  - So much for green shoots  LittleBlue   Jul-10-09 12:49 AM   #24 
     - They withered on the vine?  Beacool   Jul-10-09 10:47 AM   #34 
 

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