Laz, I am not trying to pick a fight with you, but the important statistic is the NON FARM PAYROLLS which clearly says:
Jan 2001 : 132436
Jul 2003p: 129870
NONFARM PAYROLLS are the 5th checkbox on the most common statistics page of the BLS. I stated this in my earlier post, and yet you quoted another statistic on the page, in order to try to make a point that we have not experienced job loss in the last 3 years, I presume? You will lose that argument with anybody familiar with the labor mkt fwiw.
is it on the most requested statistics page?
So what? The question should be "Is it correct or isn't it?"
We're talking facts, not popularity contests.
Laz, I am talking FACTS, you are talking spin. Economists ALWAYS, ALWAYS quote the NON FARM PAYROLLS statistic. Not your statistic, which is the *CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE*, which includes all kinds of government make-work and farm labor and who knows what else.
If you can find ONE source from a reputable economist that cites this CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE number as a key indicator on the economy, I will be shocked. |
