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To: tejek who wrote (363350)12/17/2007 8:30:43 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575583
 
"I would like to know how they keep the unemployment rate from going up even as job growth has been considerably less than the 150k per month said to be needed to accommodate the expanding work force."

Makes you wonder, now doesn't it? Probably has nothing to do with the reporting changes they made a few years back...



To: tejek who wrote (363350)12/18/2007 7:26:24 AM
From: Road Walker  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1575583
 
I would like to know how they keep the unemployment rate from going up even as job growth has been considerably less than the 150k per month said to be needed to accommodate the expanding work force.

I think it has a lot to do with how they measure "people who have left the workforce". How do you get raw data on that anyway?



To: tejek who wrote (363350)1/21/2008 4:27:38 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1575583
 
The number of jobs needed to keep pace with an expanding work force is not static. As different demographic cohorts reach working age it varies. I don't know what the current number is, but you can't just apply 150K as a constant if you want to be accurate.