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To: pogbull who wrote (219490)	2/7/2003 10:31:34 AM
From: Les H	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 436258

government, health care, and child care/schools added 600,000 jobs the rest of the economy, which supports these jobs with their taxes, lost 1.2 million jobs table A-10 and B-1 bls.gov

To: pogbull who wrote (219490)	2/7/2003 10:45:08 AM
From: Ken98	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

There are some real zingers in there: <<About 1.6 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in January. These were people who wanted and were available for work and had looked for a job sometime in the prior 12 months but were not counted as unemployed because they had not searched for work in the 4 weeks preceding the survey. The number of discouraged workers-- a subset of the marginally attached who were not currently looking for work specifically because they believed no jobs were available for them--was 449,000 in January.>> Poof! It's employment Pixie Dust - it does wonders for the 'unemployment' rate. And for the 'payroll' number they sprinkled this little bit of Pixie Dust: <<Retail trade employment rose by 101,000 over the month, after seasonal adjustment; this increase followed a drop of 99,000 in December. Employment in eating and drinking places accounted for a large share of the change in both months. In addition, holiday hiring in department stores and in mis- cellaneous retail establishments had been less than usual. As a result, there were relatively small layoffs in January and, therefore, employment increased over the month after seasonal adjustment.>>