It is down..don't believe the stupid graphs and birth/death nonsense......we are talking about measuring the statistics the way THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MEASURED by the government...not the way others on here WOULD LIKE FOR THEM TO BE MEASURED TO SUIT THEIR THINKING.....
216,000 jobs created.....unemployment down to 8.8%....case closed
of course now you will start getting the posts that the government is lying and covering up for Obama and Obama is manipulating the numbers, etc etc etc...here it comes....wait for it in 3...2....1...
This is too funny. Yeah, don't believe the numbers and statistics, the actual way the numbers are compiled...those aren't important! Just look at the number that the government puts out and believe that all is well! Don't bother looking beyond some headline gimmick! If that is the basis for standards of "Obama Good/Obama Bad" than that's some pretty weak standards.
So it isn't important that the labor force has shrunk to historic lows thus shrinking the available pool of labor?
It's not important that these numbers don't include those that have fallen off of the 99 week U.E. insurance? A number that is in the millions?
Not important that the number doesn't include those that have "stopped looking for work"?
important that the B/D model added 117,000 jobs that may or may not exist?
Underemployment is at 20%?
Just saying that we should all acknowledge the bullshit and farcical numbers just because "that's the way it's always been done" doesn't vindicate them or this Administration or the propaganda outlets either. It works both ways.
Just saying.