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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH

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To: DizzyG who wrote (617258)	9/3/2004 3:58:58 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (2) of 769670

The payrolls figure and the unemployment rate can sometimes offering differing impressions of the labor market because they are derived from two separate statistical surveys. The unemployment rate is calculated from a survey of around 60,000 households in which people are asked to state whether they have jobs or are looking for work. The unemployment rate in August fell as the labor force shrank by 152,000 from the previous month. The survey used to calculate the payroll figure — seen as a better barometer of the labor market's health by many economist — is based on information from about 160,000 businesses and government agencies, covering roughly 400,000 individual work sites. story.news.yahoo.com <The slight change in the unemployment rate was ENTIRELY due to more people giving up the hunt for jobs....>

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