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The Big Picture
bigpicture.typepad.com - 9/30/2009
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Unemployment Reporting: A Modest Proposal (U3 + U6) Earlier this week, I received an email from the Real Estate editor of an (unnamed) publication. They wrote: "Just wanted to point out something I read in a Wall St. Journal article that made me think of you immediately. ( Home Gauge Climbs Amid ...
ft.com - 10/2/2009
FT.com / US / Economy & Fed - US unemployment rate hits 9.8%
— ft.com — The US unemployment rate climbed to a fresh 26-year high of 9.8 per cent in September, as... the pain of recession continues to linger on the shoulders of American workers in spite of aggressive measures to stimulate the economy. Official figures on ... (more) FT.com / US / Economy & Fed - US unemployment rate ...

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Employment Report: 263K Jobs Lost, 9.8% Unemployment Rate
calculatedriskblog.com - 10/2/2009
Employment Report: 263K Jobs Lost, 9.8% Unemployment Rate
— calculatedriskblog.com — From the BLS : Nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline in September (-263,000), and the unemployment rate... (9.8 percent) continued to trend up, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The largest job losses were in construction, ... (more) Employment Report: 263K Jobs Lost, 9.8% Unemployment Rate

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macroblog.typepad.com - 10/3/2009
Economic troughs, changes in the unemployment rate, and fed policy
— macroblog.typepad.com — Recent data on the U.S. economy have been mixed. But today's weak labor market report (discussed more... here , here , and here ) provides a reminder that thinking of the economy as being in anything other than a technical recovery at this time is ... (more) Economic troughs, changes in the unemployment rate, and ...

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Daily Markets:  Four Things You Didn’t Know About Unemployment

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Four Things You Didn’t Know About Unemployment
Daily Markets — ... There is a lot of commentary about the unemployment rate.  Various pundits are determined to find the worst possible interpretation of data, and also to impugn any official reports.  Let us take a closer look.  Many of the answers come from  the following source, helpfully highlighted by Barry Ritholtz at The Big Picture: ...

Four Things You Didn't Know about Unemployment
A Dash of Insight — ... There is a lot of commentary about the unemployment rate.  Various pundits are determined to find the worst possible interpretation of data, and also to impugn any official reports.  Let us take a closer look.  Many of the answers come from  the following source, helpfully highlighted by Barry Ritholtz at The Big Picture: ...

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