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Data Massaging Continues: Initial Claims Tumble To 339K Lowest Since 2008, (trunc)
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Posted on 10/11/2012 5:57:28 AM PDT by Perdogg

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To: Perdogg

Doesn’t matter how they cheated. They got the headline they wanted. This will be reported as fact on the radio breaks all day - all night on the newscasts, etc.

We are looking at pure corruption at the BLS.


21 posted on 10/11/2012 7:01:29 AM PDT by nhwingut (Sarah Palin 12... No One Else)
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To: Perdogg

Was it New York? From the report:

“Extended Benefits were only available in New York during the week ending September 22.”

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ui/current.htm


22 posted on 10/11/2012 7:02:01 AM PDT by Raebie (WS)
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California? Would make a huge dent in the rate. If it is Cal, bet the actual rate is 370,000 +


23 posted on 10/11/2012 7:05:25 AM PDT by qman (The communist usurper must go!)
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I heard it might be New York. How can we find out?


24 posted on 10/11/2012 7:13:34 AM PDT by MrChips (MrChips)
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From the report:

“Extended Benefits were only available in New York during the week ending September 22.”

http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ui/current.htm


25 posted on 10/11/2012 7:23:17 AM PDT by Raebie (WS)
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To: Raebie

Not sure what that actually means.


26 posted on 10/11/2012 7:48:40 AM PDT by MrChips (MrChips)
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Me either. I’m hoping someone smarter than me knows and can explain. :-)


27 posted on 10/11/2012 7:55:44 AM PDT by Raebie (WS)
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“We’ve Gotten To The Bottom Of The Mysterious Jobless Claims Report!”

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2943386/posts

It is likely that some of the jobless claims in one large state—California—were not included in the claims reported to the Department of Labor this week. This happens occasionally, our source says. When a state’s jobless claims bureau is short-staffed, sometimes the state does not process all of the claims that came in during the week in time to get them to the DOL. The source believes that this is what happened this week. The California claims that were not processed in time to get into this week’s jobless report will appear in future reports, most likely next week’s or the following week’s. In other words, those reports might be modestly higher than expected.

The source believes that the number of California claims that were not processed totalled about 15,000-25,000. Thus, if one were to “normalize” the overall not-seasonally-adjusted jobless claims number, it would increase by about 15,000-25,000.


28 posted on 10/11/2012 11:10:35 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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it was CA not fully reporting


29 posted on 10/11/2012 11:12:11 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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