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To: JDN who wrote (587205)	7/2/2004 11:05:50 AM
From: Bald Eagle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

You a conspiracy theorist now?

To: JDN who wrote (587205)	7/2/2004 11:06:37 AM
From: CYBERKEN	Respond to of 769670

The number crunchers are having a REAL bad year, standing next to the elephant of the Bush Boom and not noticing its presence...

To: JDN who wrote (587205)	7/2/2004 11:14:09 AM
From: CYBERKEN	Respond to of 769670

All politics-all the time, in the era of the "mindless celebrity trial" as news... nationalreview.com

To: JDN who wrote (587205)	7/2/2004 11:15:10 AM
From: CYBERKEN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

CRUSH-KERRY-DOT-COM... crushkerry.com

To: JDN who wrote (587205)	7/2/2004 12:10:47 PM
From: DavesM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Much of it, has to do with seasonal adjustments. In actual jobs, there was an increase of an estimated 484,000 payroll jobs in June. Employment non farm payroll numbers (not seasonally Adjusted) May 2004 - 131,875,000; June 2004 - 132,359,000; +484,000. Employment non far payroll numbers (seasonally adjusted) May 2004 - 131,189,000; June 2004 - 131,301,000, +112,000. If you look at household data for employment numbers (seasonally adjusted): May 2004 - 138,772,000 employed; June 2004 - 139,031,000; +259,000. Numbers from bls website. re: "Well, something is fishy in the whole calculation. Jobs 112k yet unemployment stable. I got to believe more then 112k people enter the workforce every month. jdn"