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Technology Stocks : Applied Materials No-Politics Thread (AMAT)
AMAT 328.51+1.9%Feb 2 3:59 PM EST
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To: BWAC who wrote (5783)3/5/2003 2:42:58 PM
From: chomolungma  Read Replies (1) of 25522
 
Where do you account for the ones who are able and willing but have given up in despair and no loner show on the unemployment rolls? The real rate could easily be over 10% I think.

The BLS keeps track of these under the category called "Discouragement over job prospects."

Go to this link and click on item 35

bls.gov

At the end of 2001 the number of discouraged was listed as 319,000.
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