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ProfessorGAC

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29. That's 3.15x Of What It Was When BHO Left

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat Jul 4, 2020, 12:53 PM

Jul 2020

For every 20 people who couldn't find a job in January 2017, there are now 63 such people.
Are we "winning" yet?

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Nonfarm payroll employment rises by 4.8 million in June; unemployment rate falls to 11.1% [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 OP

Next month that will be back down. But the stock market Squinch Jul 2020 #1

Probably not FBaggins Jul 2020 #8

We'll see whether it is or not. My opinion is that it will drop. Squinch Jul 2020 #14

trump is a traitor rockfordfile Jul 2020 #24

The survey periods progree Jul 2020 #18

Thank you! Squinch Jul 2020 #19

in a pig's eye bucolic_frolic Jul 2020 #2

WaPo just breaking now BumRushDaShow Jul 2020 #3

Good morning. I didn't know if you would be around for a Thursday release. mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 #4

I'm around BumRushDaShow Jul 2020 #5

"Last month, it said the unemployment rate was 13.3 percent, but a major misclassification" ... progree Jul 2020 #20

Black and Latino rates are around 15%. mpcamb Jul 2020 #37

Yup, I include black and white in my BLS Data Links (#7 below) progree Jul 2020 #38

Links to earlier reports: mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 #6

SOME BLS DATA SERIES NUMBERS LINKS progree Jul 2020 #7

Good morning. Thanks for being up for this. NT mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 #9

Seasonally adjusted initial claims were 1,427,000, a decrease of 55,000 from the previous week mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 #10

PERSONS CLAIMING UI BENEFITS IN ALL PROGRAMS, W.E. June 13 (UNADJUSTED): 31,491,627 progree Jul 2020 #16

"I don't know why they don't have a Week Ending June 20 for this." mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 #17

Additional links: mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 #11

Links to charts and graphs from the BLS Twitter account. mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 #12

This will give Yertle all he needs to justify not extending the Fed unemployment stopbush Jul 2020 #13

the real unemployment rate is closer to 20%, but the new math used these days leaves out a lot yaesu Jul 2020 #15

Agree! Wuddles440 Jul 2020 #22

The unemployment numbers will shockingly start hitting 15%-18% a month after Biden is in office Bengus81 Jul 2020 #23

Trump is winning so bigly IronLionZion Jul 2020 #21

All in all... Newest Reality Jul 2020 #25

U-6 Unemployment lonely bird Jul 2020 #26

Interesting analysis over at 538! maddogesq Jul 2020 #27

I get it. lonely bird Jul 2020 #28

That's 3.15x Of What It Was When BHO Left ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #29

I get 2.36x. But point well-taken progree Jul 2020 #30

I Think You're Doing UE6 ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #31

The official unemployment rate is U-3. I've never seen anything else given in the media progree Jul 2020 #32

From White House Dot Gov ProfessorGAC Jul 2020 #33

That wasn't from any time in 2016 or 2017. I can believe that was September progree Jul 2020 #34

Per progree, "that was September 2019 released in early October 2019." mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 #35

Ahh, the flashback to better days - we'd still be there if we had not done all this testing progree Jul 2020 #36