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To: Sdgla who wrote (17105)	4/19/2010 11:03:48 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 42652

Interesting but the unadjusted numbers typically are not hugely different from the adjust numbers. Even with the more extreme recent adjustments the difference have been -0.8 to +1 percent (percentage points, not percent of the unemployed figure). This relatively large and growing adjustment issue might be a problem, but it doesn't mean we have truly massive unemployment, we still only have very high unemployment. There is also the issue of how to count the "discouraged workers". If you count them you get a higher figure (but they haven't been counted for a long time, and even if you do count them its not around 20% unemployment).