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To: Chispas who wrote (49351)	4/7/2006 9:21:18 AM
From: John Carragher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116555

did they ever count them after they ran out of unemployment benefits? i bet they don't don't count all those folks that make a living from selling on ebay , private business out of home, either.

To: Chispas who wrote (49351)	4/7/2006 11:05:32 AM
From: rich evans	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

Household survey wins again. 384000 versus 211000. Box 2. Recent trends in payroll and household survey employment Numbers in thousands Over-the-month change: February 2006- March 2006 Over-the-year change: March 2005- March 2006 From March 2001 (peak)- March 2006 From November 2001 (trough)- March 2006 Payroll survey: total nonfarm employment, seasonally adjusted¹ 211 2,090 2,462 4,083 Household survey: total employment, smoothed for population control revisions and seasonally adjusted 384 3,146 5,780 7,285 Difference 173 1,056 3,318 3,202