Re: Unemployment Rate Falls to 4.9%

In article <1136645224.931688.70230@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Golden State Poppy" <GoldenStatePoppy@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Unemployment Rate Falls to 4.9 Percent
> By JEANNINE AVERSA, AP Economics Writer
> Fri Jan 6, 5:18 PM ET

In case you are having trouble reconciling the preceding magic with
reality. Don't worry. They don't reflect the same thing any more,
e.g., not counting unemployed teenagers.

http://www.thinkandask.com/2006/010606bush.html

Econometrics have been under continual revision these days.

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