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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 11:17 AM Original message |
8/04 unemployment rate dropped to 5.4 -matching 5.4 percent Oct 2001 |
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Frodo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. Absent conversations that it's all made up? Yes, it's "good". |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 11:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. In the 70's Nixon sold "friction" as we grew - so expect 6% - so true I |
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Frodo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 11:52 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Used to be 6% was needed (supposedly) to avoid inflation |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 02:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Unemployment Rate Aug decline due to 150000 giving up looking for job |
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Frodo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 02:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. tut tut... |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 02:13 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Silly me - I gave up on consistency in the Household survey - and |
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Lefty_the_Right (381 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
2. It's total BS |
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tritsofme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 01:21 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Unemployment benefits |
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Frodo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 01:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Well, that's not ENTIRELY true... |
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Czolgosz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
3. Of course a drop in the unemployment rate is good |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Sep-03-04 02:02 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. Unemployment Rate Aug decline due to 150000 giving up looking for job |
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seasat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
12. Right now I'd consider an increase in unemployment good. |
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seasat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-04-04 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
13. Really good post on unemployment on Brad Delong's Blog. |
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papau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-09-04 01:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Excellent link - thanks for posting it! |
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Yavin4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Sep-11-04 12:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. I Have A Theory On The Discrepancy Between The UE Rate and Payroll Numbers |
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