State UI unemployment claims dip - year ago 2.967m, now 2.922 '

[papau]

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UNADJUSTED DATA The advance unadjusted number for persons claiming UI benefits in state programs totaled 2,922,554, a decrease of 21,936 from the preceding week. A year earlier, the rate was 2.3 percent and the volume was 2,967,513.

[random]

1. Your point is?

What, happy days are here again? See the post about executives taking survival jobs. Just because someone isn't taking unemployment benefits doesn't mean that they're working in a job commensurate to skills and education. Life sucks for alot of us out here. My unemployment rep sent out a bulk e-mail about all of the wonderful jobs available in DC. I sent him a reply saying "gee, thanks, that helps alot." He sent me one back saying "consider yourself removed from my e-mail list."

Typical repuke garbage, I got mine, screw you.

[UpInArms]

2. does this address those that have no unemployment benefits to claim?

seems that there are many that long-term unemployment benefits have expired for - do these people show up on the rolls?

is this a "registry for work" or just a "claims office" compilation?

thanks!

[papau]

5. My point is that nothing has changed for a year - yet media says last

2 months unemployment looks better!

Spin is sick - people are hurting and media says see - the tax cuts are working!

In any case, This is just checks written under State UI last week. It doesn't reflect a whole lot about over 26 week unemployment - which sucks and is getting worse as discouraged workers continue to give up and are no longer called "unemployed".

Under Clinton we got Stats that you could use to forecast from the get-go.

Now every word - even stats - that this admin puts out is a lie in one way or another - and you must did for truth.

Of course our financial media finds that hard work - so we get this improving, under 400,000 (say 390,000) claims means the economy has turned around.

As they try to build a Morning in America lie for Bush - or at the very least - they do nothing to stop Bush from building that lie.

Trust your media - after all - its liberal biased!

[Robbien]

3. Unadjusted numbers are made up numbers for publicity only

Last week the unadjusted number came out and all news shows reported a drop in unemployment. Then quietly they adjusted the number which showed unemployment actually increased for the week. This was not reported in the news. Watch, in a few days the unemployment number for this week to be revised upward, but very quietly revised.

[treepig]

4. and the really good news will be coming shortly after the

last employed american loses his or her job.

the headlines (from online sites produced in india) will read:

"bush tax cuts work magic, UI claims drop to zero"

[thebaghwan]

6. I know of at least a dozen people getting laid off at the end of the year.

This includes my wife. Now both of us won't be working. I think it will get a lot worst. We will try and ride it out. I start part time at the 7-11 on Saturday. The only hope O have is that this economy will be the end of Bush. There are a lot of people hurting. What can be dome to bring this to more of the attention of the American Public? I also have noticed a lot of houses for sale (4 on my block_ all of a sudden.