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Could well be a blip in a generally downward trendline. Jackpine Radical Feb 2012 #1
$105(WTI-Cushing) / $122(North Sea Brent) a barrel oil prices do not bode well, I see QE3 by June stockholmer Feb 2012 #4
I'm sure that you're drooling over the prospect. TheWraith Feb 2012 #17
Some say the real rate is at least double the official rate. phasma ex machina Feb 2012 #2
And some people say that the Earth is 6,000 years old. TheWraith Feb 2012 #12
The U6 unemployment rate is the real unemployment rate, used by Europe. It's at 15.1% Zalatix Feb 2012 #18
How does your theory about the earth's age affect unemployment? phasma ex machina Feb 2012 #19
Considering the way the numbers are obtained, the "real rate" is higher without a doubt. Bonobo Feb 2012 #20
Gallup isn't seasonally adjusted. Apparently, the same time last year, they had the rate at 10% BzaDem Feb 2012 #3
I guess we will wait and see what the BLS numbers are stockholmer Feb 2012 #6
could......'Unemployment could rise back to 9 percent' and it could go down spanone Feb 2012 #5
Don't Panic!!! LongTomH Feb 2012 #7
yes. Also, I noticed Obama said "it will rise and fall" so I think he kind of knew then. nt Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2012 #15
That's not very reassuring... BlueDemKev Feb 2012 #16
Believe me! I already expect an uphill battle all the way! LongTomH Feb 2012 #22
Is Gallup a recognized authority for the unemployment rate? I never heard that. Honeycombe8 Feb 2012 #8
So called progressives grasping for the usual negative straws alcibiades_mystery Feb 2012 #9
What do you think BLS is? OnlinePoker Feb 2012 #10
thanks so much for this great link. nt Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2012 #14
I wouldn't know what procedures are best for statistics, anyway, so I'll go w/official nos. Honeycombe8 Feb 2012 #21
they actually did predict that it would drop below 9 before it did...I was following it then nt Laura PourMeADrink Feb 2012 #13
Now they are reporting monthly employment reports before the end of the month? Dawson Leery Feb 2012 #11
and throwing in "Regardless of what the government reports..." bhikkhu Feb 2012 #23
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