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To: TimF who wrote (287343)	5/11/2006 5:40:16 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572018

In the preceding five years of the Bush administration, the rate was signficantly lower. No it wasn't. It was lower, but "significantly lower" exaggerates the difference. For the unemployment rate which usually is in single digits a drop of .07 to 1 pt. drop is significant. From the current rate of 4.7%, that would be the equivalent of a 15% to 21% drop. That's not an exaggeration.....it's significant. Also the period you are talking about was before the NASDAQ crash. (The crash started near the end of that period.) <?I> So what.....unemployment didn't start going up until 2001.