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George II

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13. Of course this doesn't factor in the almost 4 million new unemployment claims in August!

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Fri Sep 4, 2020, 09:47 AM

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Economy adds 1.4 million jobs in August, and the unemployment rate fell below 10 percent [View all] BumRushDaShow Sep 2020 OP

Good morning. From the source: mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2020 #1

Good morning and thank you! BumRushDaShow Sep 2020 #6

[Refresh] [Refresh] [Refresh] [Refresh] [Refresh] Whew. There it is. NT mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2020 #10

Somes you have to do a [SHIFT]-[REFRESH] BumRushDaShow Sep 2020 #15

A lot of that was government jobs, especially census workers. Also, the jobs added still_one Sep 2020 #2

So, we "added" 1.4 million jobs in August but there were 800,000 new unemployment claims.... George II Sep 2020 #12

Yes. It is extremely unreliable because of the uncertainty with the pandemic and chaos going on still_one Sep 2020 #17

Not how it works FBaggins Sep 2020 #20

Illustrating your point with a data series - total count of nonfarm payroll jobs progree Sep 2020 #22

Yup, government jobs: +344,000 in August (238,000 of which were Census workers) progree Sep 2020 #27

Not your headline, but I think it's misleading - "adds 1.4 million jobs" probably means.... George II Sep 2020 #3

They have an added "X Factor" in there BumRushDaShow Sep 2020 #4

yea i'm skeptical how it went from 13% to 8.5% so quickly...hmmm seems there's fudging going on onetexan Sep 2020 #9

Large states "opening back up" BumRushDaShow Sep 2020 #14

Of course this doesn't factor in the almost 4 million new unemployment claims in August! George II Sep 2020 #13

That's Rebl2 Sep 2020 #11

Buried in the BLS report linked upthread BumRushDaShow Sep 2020 #19

A Question For People Smarter Than Me. jayfish Sep 2020 #5

Last month's report had unemployment at 10.2% NT mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2020 #8

The payroll jobs and the unemployment rate come from two different surveys progree Sep 2020 #29

Links to earlier reports: mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2020 #7

Gotta cook those books! durablend Sep 2020 #16

I agree duforsure Sep 2020 #18

DOL stated last week Cryptoad Sep 2020 #23

i don't believe any good news numbers coming out of the trump regime samsingh Sep 2020 #21

LINKS TO SOME BLS DATA SERIES NUMBERS AND GRAPHS progree Sep 2020 #24

Good morning and thank you! BumRushDaShow Sep 2020 #25

more voodoo economics, will put in in the vaccine by October file. nt yaesu Sep 2020 #26

Bullshit. eom GeorgeGist Sep 2020 #28

"Bullshit. eom" LenaBaby61 Sep 2020 #33

UE6 Is 16.8 ProfessorGAC Sep 2020 #30

14.2 in August, according to the BLS 😂 progree Sep 2020 #31

Weird ProfessorGAC Sep 2020 #32

The big discrepancy between jobs report 13.6 M unemployed, and 29.2 M collecting benefits progree Sep 2020 #34

The gap grows to 29.6 million collecting benefits progree Sep 2020 #38

From the White House, on Monday night. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2020 #35

... BumRushDaShow Sep 2020 #36

The likes of which I've never seen! NT mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2020 #37

Unemployment Crisis Going in Wrong Direction: Week 25 of U.S. Labor Market Collapse progree Sep 2020 #39