Re: unemployment rates
I have been hearing and reading for some time that the rate of 5.6% unemployment that exists thru April is the same as when the Clinton presidency concluded. This puzzled me because I had distinctly remembered 3.9% as the figure I recalled near the end of that administration. FWIW, I usually remember numbers for some reason. Anyway I did a little looking this AM. I found this site and I have no clue as to its credentials, but it confirms the number that I recalled throughout the 4th quarter of 2000.
I have hopes of confirming these figures thru the US Dept. of Labor, but as yet have not located them and may not have time today. Someone else might have time. The point of this is a lot of 'facts' are often bandied about without regard to sources. Call me a cynic. I am skeptical of all information in this age of the information superhighway. Including this link.
http://www.economagic.com/em-cgi/data.exe/feddal/ru
I have been hearing and reading for some time that the rate of 5.6% unemployment that exists thru April is the same as when the Clinton presidency concluded. This puzzled me because I had distinctly remembered 3.9% as the figure I recalled near the end of that administration. FWIW, I usually remember numbers for some reason. Anyway I did a little looking this AM. I found this site and I have no clue as to its credentials, but it confirms the number that I recalled throughout the 4th quarter of 2000.
I have hopes of confirming these figures thru the US Dept. of Labor, but as yet have not located them and may not have time today. Someone else might have time. The point of this is a lot of 'facts' are often bandied about without regard to sources. Call me a cynic. I am skeptical of all information in this age of the information superhighway. Including this link.
http://www.economagic.com/em-cgi/data.exe/feddal/ru